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Backshells and hoods.

Also written Hood, Connector hood, Cable clamp backshell.

What is a backshell or hood for?

A backshell, or hood, is the cover that closes the rear of a connector where the cable enters. Its clamp grips the jacket, so a pull on the cable lands on the shell and not on the contacts. A connector without one fails at its terminations first. Match it to the connector's shell size, and pick a metal one where the cable screen must carry through.

Micro D-Sub Hood, a Backshells and hoods part supplied by Data Systems
Backshells and hoods in the catalogue: Micro D-Sub Hood, DS-ICS-V2-0127-MICRO-D-SUB-HOOD. Catalogue photograph.

Published by Data Systems, network material suppliers in Secunderabad, Hyderabad since 1984, which is forty years of experience with these parts. Written from the standards named above. Last checked 2026-08-14. How we check this, and what we got wrong.

Data Systems, a network material supplier in Secunderabad, Hyderabad since 1984 with branches in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, supplies Backshells and hoods across India through official channels. Send a list, get one quote.

D-Sub Hood / Accessory

Micro D-Sub Connector

Terminal Block / Panel Accessory

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