Patent ID: 8337094

Claim:
An assembly for use with a cable, the assembly comprising: a ferrule that defines an axial direction, an angular direction and a radial direction; an adapter; a ridge; and a spring; wherein: the ferrule defines an interior space running along the axial direction; the interior space of the ferrule is sized, shaped and/or located so that it can accommodate the cable; the adapter defines an interior space running through the adapter in the axial direction; the interior space of the adapter is sized, shaped and/or located so that it can accommodate the ferrule; the spring is sized, shaped and/or located so that in is between the ferrule and the adapter in the radial direction when the ferrule is inserted into the adapter; the ferrule, the adapter and the spring are sized, shaped structured and/or located so that: (i) when the ferrule is inserted into the interior space of the adapter in the axial direction, physical interference between the spring and the ridge will cause the spring to temporarily elastically deform in the radial outwards direction, as the spring and ridge relatively move past each other in the axial direction, to provide some level of resistance to the insertion; and (ii) when the ferrule is removed from the interior space of the adapter in the axial direction, physical interference between the spring and the ridge will cause the spring to temporarily elastically deform in the radial outwards direction, as the spring and ridge relatively move past each other in the axial direction, to provide some level of resistance to the removal.