Patent ID: 6875063

Claim:
A terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with a male input pin and an output cable, said socket assembly comprising: a spring cage blank having first and second extending edges, a plurality of spaced apart and angled beams extending between said edges; forming means for shaping said spring cage blank into a substantially cylindrical configuration and in which said angled beams are arranged in a substantially helix pattern; and a substantially tubular shaped and interiorly hollowed sleeve for receiving said configured spring cage in axially inserting and fixedly retaining fashion, the male pin being biasingly mated with said interiorly hollowed sleeve and assembled spring cage, said sleeve further comprising gripping portions for fixedly engaging an extending end of the cable, and further comprising a pair of overlapping bracket portions integrally extending from first and second edge locations of said sleeve, at least one button being arranged in engageable fashion with said bracket portions and, upon being depressed, compressingly engages and inner diameter of said sleeve about said cage.