Contact housing with positioning means for fixing the position of a cable that is prone to kinking

US9425546B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Yehya Ashour · Darmstadt, DE
• Hartmut Ripper · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/514
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A contact housing for a connector of a connector assembly extends through a wall and includes a contact region having a contact seat for receiving a contact-side end of a kink-prone cable. The connector may be for a sealed connector assembly that includes an outer housing, which has a cable inlet opening and an interior space, at least sections of which form a mating-connector receptacle for a mating connector that is complementary to the connector. At least sections of the contact housing of the connector are arranged in the interior space. The contact housing, which has the contact region having the contact seat for holding the contact-side end of the kink-prone cable, facilitates assembly of the connector and prevents damage to the kink-prone cable, and includes positioning means for fixing the position of a laced section of the kink-prone cable.