A connector comprises a housing, a holder, a contact, an electrical wire and a sleeve member. The contact is accommodated in a contact accommodation portion of the housing at least in part. The holder is attached to the housing and defines a rear end of the contact accommodation portion. An electrical wire is connected to the contact and extends outside thorough a through hole of the holder. The sleeve member has a main portion and three or more front protrusions. The main portion extends in a front-rear direction and has a C-shape section in a plane perpendicular to the front-rear direction. Each of the front protrusions protrudes forward from a front end of the main portion. The sleeve member is attached to the contact to accommodate a part of the contact and a part of the electrical wire in the main portion and located between an abutment portion and the holder. At least three of the front protrusions are brought into abutment with the abutment portion of the contact.

A cable connector assembly includes lower and upper hood parts which are mated together to form a passageway therethrough in which a connector and a cable retaining assembly are mounted. The cable retaining includes a cable retaining body and a cable retainer attached thereto. The cable retaining body provides two exits and the cable retaining body can be positioned within the hood parts in a number of different orientations to change the exit path. Multiple cable retaining bodies and cable retainers can be interchangeably mounted within the hood parts.

An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body for mounting to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof for engaging with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body a first height and defining a locking feature for engaging with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body at a second height, less than the first height. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction with respect to the header, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction with respect to the header and distinct from the first direction.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technology that makes it possible to turn a wire to three or more different directions using one type of cover member. A connector component includes a connector housing in which a cavity is formed, and a cover member that is selectively mounted to the connector housing in one mounting orientation out of three or more different mounting orientations to turn a wire extending from the cavity to a direction corresponding to the one mounting orientation. The cover member includes a restricting portion that restricts the wire and a mounting portion that is integrally formed with the restricting portion and mounted to the connector housing. The cover member is mounted to the connector housing in a mounting orientation corresponding to a combination of a locking portion and a lock catch portion that are locked to each other.

A connector with electric wires includes a housing mounted to a vehicle body, two terminals housed in the housing, and two electric wires each connected to the terminal. The two electric wires are drawn out from openings of the housing with the two electric wires disposed in a longitudinal direction (arrow Y direction) and extended straight in a direction (arrow X direction) orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the terminal. Inside the housing, the two terminals and the two electric wires are arranged on the same plane.

A cable assembly is provided comprising a collar adjacent to a cable transition member, the cable transition member having a first longitudinal axis x.sup.1, the collar having a second longitudinal axis x.sup.2. The cable transition member provides for a cable to extend by approximately 90 degrees from the first axis x.sup.1 of the cable transition member, a connector body having a non-circular outer diameter, wherein the collar is disposed between the connector body and the cable transition member so that the first axis x.sup.1 and the second axis x.sup.2 are aligned and the collar secures the cable transition member in a predetermined angular orientation z with respect to the connector body. The angular orientation z of the cable transition member with respect to the connector body is other than 90, 180, 270 or 360 degrees with respect to the first axis x.sup.1.

A method and apparatus is presented for strain relief for mil-spec RF cabling connectors. When the RF signals are carried on the cables, they are either attached to connectors to increase their lengths or they get attached to hardware assembly that receives and transmits RF signals. At connections, strain relief is provided so that any movement of the cables does not convey stress and strain to the points where cable joins the connector or its mate. A concise, space restricted strain relief solution is provided by use of clamp, cover or shrink tubing to transfer cables in all four directions. The concentric cables line up in small dimensions and are replaceable individually as opposed to discard of entire mesh of cables on single cable failure.

A plug connector housing is provided having a cable through-opening with a substantially circular cross-section. The plug connector housing has a cable outlet piece, which substantially has the shape of an angled cylinder. The cable outlet piece is configured to be fastened to the cable through-opening of the plug connector housing and is mounted for rotation in a peripheral direction relative to the cable through-opening.

A cable includes a wiring assembly with a knuckle and wires bundled together. The cable also includes a connector assembly with a connector having connections for the wires, where the connections are arranged along a longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the connector assembly captures an end of the wiring assembly, and the knuckle of the wiring assembly is pivotally connected to the connector assembly. In some embodiments, the cable includes circuitry configured to authenticate the cable to a device connected to the cable by the connector and/or to authenticate the device connected to the cable. A control system includes control elements and/or subsystems coupled with a backplane adjacent to one another and cables configured to connect to the control elements and/or subsystems. Wiring assemblies of the cables can articulate to be parallel to each respective connector. Further, each cable can authenticate the cables and/or the control elements or subsystems.

An electrical connector includes an insulative front housing, an insulative rear housing and a plurality of contacts. The front housing forms a mating cavity. The contact includes a contacting section extending into the mating cavity, a retaining section retained to the front housing, and a connecting section connected with the wire. The rear housing includes a front receiving space and a rear receiving space communicating with each other. The rear portion of the front housing is assembled into the front receiving space of the rear housing to have the connecting sections of the contacts exposed in the front receiving space. The rear receiving space receives the corresponding wires therein with corresponding opening to allow the wires to extend therethrough.