Patent ID: 8146455
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: F16B,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly comprising: a cable connected to a terminal sub-assembly having, at a shifter end of the sub-assembly, a housing having a bore defining a laterally extending isolator socket; a generally annular isolator disposed in the isolator socket, the isolator having a central bore having an inwardly extending annular flange defining a connector pin socket and a reverse clip cap socket at opposing sides of the flange within the central bore; a reverse clip cap concentrically received by the reverse clip cap socket of the isolator, the reverse clip cap including a head portion and a generally cylindrical plug portion extending axially from the head portion to a free end and defining a connector pin end socket within the plug portion, the free end being inserted into the reverse clip cap socket of the isolator; wherein the head portion of the reverse clip cap and the isolator are interlockably connected with one another when the plug portion is inserted into the reverse clip cap socket to prevent extraction of the reverse clip cap from the isolator; and a connector pin comprising a shaft and a ball, the shaft extending through the connector pin socket of the isolator and the ball being received within the connector pin end socket of the reverse clip cap such that the connector pin, reverse clip cap and isolator are substantially coaxial with each other; wherein the plug portion includes a deflectable wall that engages the connector pin shaft when the connector pin shaft is positioned in the connector pin socket of the isolator and the connector pin ball is received within the connector pin end socket of the reverse clip cap to prevent extraction of the connector pin from the reverse clip cap.