Patent ID: 6817896
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable connector having for allowing a plurality of varying diameter cables to be coupled to the cable connector via the locking sleeve, the cable connector comprising:a connector body; a post coupled to the connector body at a secured end and including a receiving end axially opposite the secured end; and a rigid sleeve adapted to receive one of the plurality of varying diameter cables therein, the sleeve having a locked position wherein the sleeve is at least partially disposed within the connector body, a forward end for being inserted into the connector body and a rearward end for receiving the cable at least partially therein, a rigid protrusion that is at least partially housed within the sleeve such that when the sleeve is in the locked position at least part of the cable is forced away from the post toward the sleeve and forced away from the sleeve toward the post at the protrusion.