Patent ID: 8672699

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a) a shell provided with a port, a shell axis, a shell opening, an inner shell surface, and an outer shell surface; b) a plurality of clamping members axially located within the shell between a spring and the shell opening, the spring biases the clamping members axially towards the shell opening; c) an indicator that is located, at least in part, within the shell, axially spaced from the shell opening, and the clamping members being located between the indicator and the shell opening; d) the shell opening is dimensioned so that a cable and a cable end fits through the shell opening; e) the shell is dimensioned so that the cable fits between the clamping members when the cable is inserted into the shell; and f) the indicator indicates, at least partially, when the cable is inserted through the shell opening so that the cable end extends axially within the shell past the clamping members, wherein the port is, at least in part, configured to accept at least a portion of the indicator such that the portion of the indicator extends through the port outside the shell, thereby the port provides a visible indication of whether the cable has been inserted axially beyond clamping members.