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A plug connector has a clip (30) that is crimped to a front portion of a cable jacket to securely lock to the cable jacket and prevent cable pullout while providing strain relief when the cable is jerked up or down, the clip enabling itself to be securely locked to the connector frame. The clip init

A plug connector has a clip (30) that is crimped to a front portion of a cable jacket to securely lock to the cable jacket and prevent cable pullout while providing strain relief when the cable is jerked up or down, the clip enabling itself to be securely locked to the connector frame. The clip initially has a front portion in the form of a cylindrical sleeve (30A), with slots (51-54) at its opposite sides, the clip being crimped to a shape (30) wherein the opposite sides between the slots are deformed into sidewardly-projecting wings (44, 46). The slots receive the outwardly-bulging crimped cable jacket to better lock the jacket to the clip, and the slots can receive molded polymer material (122, 141) of the frame to lock the frame to the clip. Copper foil wrapped about a first molded part (120) and the clip, provides EMI shielding around cable wires (20) and grounds a connector shell. The clip has a pair of cantilevered beams (60, 62) extending rearwardly from the sleeve part and against the top and bottom of the cable to provide added strain relief. The top and bottom of the clip sleeve portion has a plurality of dimples (90, 92) formed therein during crimping to further lock the clip to the cable jacket.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A connector that includes a connector frame with an insulator and a plurality of contacts mounted on said insulator, where said connector is constructed to enable the locking of a cable to the connector frame, comprising:a clip that includes a sleeve with a longitudinal

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A connector that includes a connector frame with an insulator and a plurality of contacts mounted on said insulator, where said connector is constructed to enable the locking of a cable to the connector frame, comprising:a clip that includes a sleeve with a longitudinal axis, said sleeve having a top, a bottom, and laterally opposite sides, said sleeve forming a passage along said axis and said cable extending along said axis through said sleeve;said sleeve having at least a first pair of vertical slots with at least one of said slots lying on each of said opposite sides;said sleeve is crimped around said cable, by said opposite sides being vertically compressed to form at least two wings at each of said sides where said wings project from said opposite sides with each pair of wings lying on the same one of said sides and with each pair of wings separated by one of said slots;said cable has a jacket with a front end and said cable has a plurality of wires extending generally forward from said jacket front end and connected to said contacts;a first polymer molded part that is molded around said wires and around a front end of said clip, with said molded part having clip-locking portions that lie in each of said first slots between two of said wings at each of said sides of said clip;said sleeve has two second slots with each second slot lying rearward of one of said first slots, and said sleeve forms two third wings lying behind said second slots; and includinga polymer overmold that is molded around said first polymer molded part, with said overmold having clip-locking portions that lie in said second slots.