US 11,876,320 B2
Hinged seal cap
Kevin John Peterson, Winston Salem, NC (US); Clara Rhodes, Winston Salem, NC (US); and Hurley Chester Moll, Middletown, PA (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,426.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,629, filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247117 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/5208 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal cap for an electrical connector, comprising:
a first cap body including a plurality of first cable receiving slots, each first cable receiving slot defining a first portion of a respective one of a plurality of openings; and
a second cap body hingedly connected to the first cap body and including a plurality of first cable retaining protrusions, each first cable retaining protrusion defining a second portion of a respective one of the plurality of openings, the second cap body pivotable relative to the first cap body between an open position and a closed position, in the closed position:
the first cable retaining protrusions cooperate with the first cable receiving slots for defining the plurality of openings, the plurality of openings are each sized to receive a conductive cable therethrough; and
each first cable retaining protrusion is arranged at least one of under or over one of the first cable receiving slots in an axial direction of one of the plurality of openings defined thereby.