Patents Examined by Joseph H. MacGlynn
  • Modular plug for variably deforming cable terminated therein
    Patent number: 4917628
    Abstract: A modular plug terminates a multi-conductor cable therein. The modular plug includes a locking bar hingedly attached to the housing and movable from a position outside the cable-receiving opening to a position inside the opening for compressibly holding the cable therein. A plurality of spaced surfaces are formed on the locking bar to define a plurality of different positions of the locking bar in the opening, whereby the cable may be selectively and controllaby deformed according to the position of the locking bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Virginia Patent Development Corp.
    Inventor: Stephen B. Bogese, II