| Abstract |
A connector for an electrical cable particularly for electrical telecommunicntion comprising an integrally molded basic body of plastic material having one or a plurality of passageways adapted to receive insulated conductors. In the connector according to the invention, flexible tongues are former! at opposing walls. The tongues, extend in a plane approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the passageway. At the free ends of the tongues, a relatively narrow slot is formed, the most narrow portion of the slot being adjacent the open upper side of the passageway and it has a width smaller than the dianleter of the smallest cable to be placed in the connector. The lower portion of the slot having a larger width so that by this. a movement of the cable out of the passageway is resisted. It is further essential to the invention that the tongues are shaped or are connected to the walls of the passageway such that the tongues are uni-directionally resiliently deformed toward one end of the passageway and toward the contacting element within the passageway. In other words, the ends of the tongues face toward the free end of the cable or opposite to the extraction direction so that an effective strain relief is achieved. |