Title: Molded plastic hood assembly for a cable connector plug

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1. A molded plastic hood and connector plug assembly, which comprises:

a hood body having an extension adjacent one end thereof;

a flexible tongue integrally connected to said extension on said body and projecting laterally therefrom;

a pressure pad integrally connected to said flexible tongue element in spaced relationship to said extension on said body;

molded rigid retainer means adjacent an opposite end of said body engaged with a portion of the connector plug to preclude relative movement between the hood and the plug in a first direction; and

molded resilient retainer means adjacent the opposite end of said body engaged with a portion of the connector plug to preclude relative movement between the hood and the plug in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

2. A molded plastic hood and connector plug assembly, as recited in claim 1, in which:

said molded rigid retainer means includes a slot slidably receiving a portion of the connector plug; and

said molded resilient retainer means includes a molded resilient tab integrally connected to said body, said tab being disposed in the plane of the slot of said rigid retainer means and received in an opening in a portion of the connector plug to secure the hood to the connector plug.

3. A molded plastic hood and connector plug assembly, as recited in claim 1, which further comprises:

a second flexible tongue element spaced from said first flexible tongue element and integrally connected at opposite ends to said body extension and said pressure pad, respectively.

4. A molded plastic hood and connector plug assembly, as recited in claim 1, in which:

said body extension has a strap-receiving eyelet formed in a portion thereof.

5. A protective assembly including a cable connector plug, which comprises:

a molded plastic hood having portions of the connector plug and of a cable connected to the plug received therein, said hood including an extension adjacent one end thereof engaging surface portions on one side of the cable;

a pressure pad engaging surface portions on an opposite side of the cable;

a securing strap encircling the cable and gripping the cable between said pressure pad and said extension of said hood;

rigid retainer means adjacent an opposite end of said molded plastic hood engaged with a portion of the connector plug to preclude relative movement between said hood and the plug in a first direction; and

resilient retainer means adjacent the opposite end of said plastic hood engaged with a portion of the connector plug to preclude relative movement between said hood and the plug in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

6. A protective assembly including a cable connector plug, as recited in claim 5, in which:

said rigid and resilient retainer means are integrally molded plastic portions of said plastic hood;

said molded rigid retainer means includes a slot having a portion of the cable connector plug slidably received therein; and

said molded resilient retainer means includes a molded resilient tab received in an opening in a portion of the cable connector plug.

7. A protective assembly including a cable connector plug, as recited in claim 5, in which:

said pressure pad is of molded plastic and is integrally secured to said extension of said plastic hood by a pair of laterally spaced molded plastic guide elements; and

said securing strap is disposed between said guide elements.

8. A protective assembly including a cable connector plug, as recited in claim 5, in which:

said securing strap extends through a molded eyelet in a portion of said extension of said plastic hood.

9. A protective assembly including a cable connector plug, as recited in claim 8, in which:

said securing strap is a self-locking cable tie having a head engaged with a portion of said plastic hood which defines the eyelet therein.

Other info:

Inventors: Guy, Rodney J. (Boulder, CO, US)

Application Number: 506646
Filing Date: 1974-09-16
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc. (New York, NY)
Primary Class(es): 439/464 174/138F, 439/468
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3803530

Apr, 1974

Lapraik

339/36.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Lake, Roy
Assistant Examiner: Jones, DeWalden W.
Attorney: Bosben; D. D.