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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Robert W. Flagler, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Robert W. Flagler, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a strain relief. In various embodiments, the strain relief includes a strain relief body and at least one alignment feature. The strain relief body is configured to provide support for connection of a cable and/or a wire lead of the cable to a frame. The alignment feature is configured to facilitate alignment of the strain relief relative to the frame. In various embodiments, provided are methods of manufacturing a sensor with a strain relief. The methods may include forming the strain relief about a cable and/or wire leads, wherein the strain relief comprises at least one alignment feature, aligning the alignment feature of the strain relief to a complementary alignment feature of a frame, engaging the complementary alignment feature of the frame with the alignment feature of the strain relief, and electrically coupling the cable and/or wire leads to a circuit.