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6.5.2 Bend-relief. A bend-relief (flex-relief) is a device (e.g., tube, spiral, cone, or boot)
placed around a cable (after the cable is manufactured), or a portion of a cable, to prevent a sharp
radius of curvature when the cable is bent or flexed. The bend-relief may not necessarily be secured
(molded or bonded) to the cable jacket, but it is secured (molded, bonded, clamped) to the device
(connector, equipment or component housing, or splice) (see 3.9.6).
6.5.3 Potted termination. A potted termination is one in which an insulating material
encloses the terminated conductors, filling all voids inside the back end of the connector or
equipment housing.
6.5.4 Molded termination. A molded termination is one which has a bend-relief or strain-
relief bonded to the connector or equipment housing and to the cable jacket. The termination may
be a one-step operation of potting or molding a material around the connector pins and terminated
wires and over the connector and cable; or a two-step operation in which the back end of the
connector and the wires are first potted and then the bend-relief or flex-relief is molded over the
connector and cable.
NOTE: The term "equipment" as used above includes any device in a housing molded to the cable
jacket.
6.5.5 Premolded boot. A premolded boot is normally a nylon or rubber device molded to a
fixed shape to fit a given-sized connector. The boot is slipped over the cable, the cable is installed in
the connector, and the boot is slipped over the connector-cable interface and attached to the
connector with an adhesive or a metal ring.
6.5.6 Transition. A transition is a device that provides a watertight covering to a cable
splice, crotch or cable termination-to-connector housing.
6.6 Connector durability. In some types of molded terminations, the connector shell
surrounds only the insulator and front end of the pins. The coupling mechanism for mating
connectors cannot be assembled until the cable and nosepiece are wired and the termination molded.
Therefore, some tests, which are usually included in connector specifications, cannot be performed
until the cable termination is completed (see 3.8.6).
6.7 Subject term (key word) listing.
Audio
Bend relief
Connector
Data
Insulation
Interconnect
Interconnecting
Jacket
Molded termination
Patch
Potted termination
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