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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Ben S. Huh, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Mehrdad Ghara, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Norbert Gibola, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Monish J. Doshi, Irvine, CA (US);
Ben S. Huh, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Mehrdad Ghara, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Norbert Gibola, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Monish J. Doshi, Irvine, CA (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A cable connector comprises a housing having a terminus receiving cavity that receives a terminus assembly. The cavity has a rearward facing shoulder and an annular recess defining a forward facing shoulder. The terminus assembly includes a terminus which is attached to the end of a cable. The terminus has rearward and forward facing shoulders, an annular recess rearward of the forward facing shoulder and a second forward facing shoulder rearward of the recess. The terminus assembly also includes a forward stop ring and a rearward lock ring slidably mounted on the terminus, and a coil spring biasing the rearward lock ring toward the first forward facing shoulder. A retention ring that is slideably mounted on the terminus behind the rearward lock ring has a rearward end engageable with the second forward facing shoulder of the terminus and a plurality of circumferentially spaced, cantilevered, depressible fingers having outwardly projecting lock tangs. The depressible spring fingers are engagable with the rearward lock ring to hold the lock tangs against the forward facing shoulder of the housing to retain the terminus assembly in the cavity.