Patent ID: 8172600

Claim:
An extension cable comprising: a cable having a cable jacket and a plurality of wires extending from a free end of the cable jacket; a first group of wires of the plurality of wires extending a first distance L 1 from the cable jacket free end; a second group of wires of the plurality of wires extending a second distance L 2 from the cable jacket free end; and a third group of wires of the plurality of wires extending a third distance L 3 from the cable jacket free end, a plug assembly having an inner puck portion, the plug assembly disposed around the cable; an anti-rotation ring within the plug assembly and disposed around the cable, the anti-rotation ring comprising ears to mate with a matching pocket in the plug assembly; and a compression clamp disposed about the cable at a location adjacent the plug assembly, wherein a free end of each wire in each of the first, second and third groups of wires is terminated in a connector coupled to the inner puck portion, and wherein L 1 <L 2 <L 3 .