CABLE-MOUNT SOCKET

摘要

A socket assembly has a housing holds a circuit board that is provided with contacts for engagement with a data plug and a back face provided with rearwardly projecting blade contacts. A conductor spreader block engageable in a rear housing end fits with conductors of a multiconductor cable and, when fitted in the housing, electrically engages the conductors with the blade contacts, A holder in the base between the spreader block and the board has an open back side through which the block can fit. The holder forms a first U-shaped half seat, and a cover subassembly forms a second U-shaped half seat and is pivotal on the holder between an open position projecting laterally therefrom with the cable passing loosely into the housing and a closed position rearwardly closing the holder and compressing the cable between the half seats and locking the block in the holder.

主权项

1. A socket assembly comprising:
a housing having a front end forming a socket seat for a data plug and an open back end; a circuit board fixed in the housing between the ends and having a front face provided with contacts for engagement with the plug and a back face provided with an array of rearwardly projecting blade contacts; a conductor spreader block engageable in the rear end and adapted to fit with conductors of a multiconductor cable and to, when fitted in the housing, electrically engaging the conductors with the blade contacts; a holder fitted in the base between the spreader block and the board and traversed by the blade contacts and having an open back side through which the block can fit, the holder forming a first U-shaped half seat; and a cover subassembly forming a second U-shaped half seat and pivotal on the holder between an open position projecting laterally therefrom with the cable passing loosely into the housing and a closed position rearwardly closing the holder and compressing the cable between the half seats and locking the block in the holder.