Juan R Correa

US Patent:

62208888, Apr 24, 2001

Filed:

Jun 25, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/344062

Inventors:

Juan L. Correa - Bayamon PR

Assignee:

Hubbell Incorporated - Orange CT

International Classification:

H01R 1356

US Classification:

439445

Abstract:

A quick disconnect cable connector device includes an elongated body made of a rigid molded material and having opposite first and second ends, and a strain relief structure integrally connected to the first end of the body and made of the same molded material. The body can have a conical-shaped configuration tapering from the second to the first end. The body defines an interior chamber extending between and open at the first and second ends and receiving an end of a cable therethrough from the first to the second end such that the body provides an overmold encasing the end of the cable and supporting at the second end of the body a contact termination on the end of the cable. The strain relief structure includes a framework having an annular shape and forming a passage extending along a longitudinal axis of the framework and aligned with the first end of the body. The framework surrounds and receives through its passage a portion of the cable extending from the first end of the body. The framework has a configuration which distributes away from the cable portion at the first end of the body any bending forces imposed on the cable.