Patent ID: 7905743

Claim:
A socket to be mounted on a multi-conductor cable and comprising at least one removable comb, a connection terminal block and at least one assembling device, the comb having a central channel extending therethrough to allow the cable to pass along a longitudinal axis and displaying, on a first front face, notches arranged about the central channel and wherein each is designed to hold a corresponding insulated conductor of the cable, the terminal block being suitable for receiving a multi-conductor removable plug, and comprising, on a second front face adjacent to the first front face in the mounted configuration of the socket, self-stripping electric contacts each of which is suitable for receiving and stripping, during the socket mounting phase, a corresponding insulated conductor of the cable by a relative movement of said contact and said insulated conductor held in a notch of the comb, and the at least one assembling device comprising a screw and nut assembling device with the central channel extending therethrough and performing said relative movement in the mounting phase, characterized in that the screw is fixedly mounted on the comb for axial translation therewith and capable of free rotation relative to the comb about the axis, in that the terminal block comprises at least two columns projecting axially from the second front face, in that at least a portion of the nut is defined by helical notches formed in the columns, and in that said socket comprises a rotation stop preventing the rotation of the comb about the axis and for example wherein at least one portion is defined by one of the columns.