Patent ID: 8550839

Claim:
A connector for a cable comprising: a cable clamp having a cable end and a mating end, the cable end configured to secure a cable, the cable clamp having an upper housing and a lower housing joined to the upper housing, the upper housing and the lower housing each having a front edge at the mating end, an aperture formed in at least one of the upper housing or the lower housing, an edge portion being defined between the aperture and the corresponding front edge, the upper housing and the lower housing being secured together in each of, and moveable between, a pre-assembled position and an assembled position; and an insert having a wire end and a mating end, the wire end configured to join to wires of the cable and the mating end configured to engage another connector, the mating end extending forward of the mating end of the cable clamp, the insert having a tab and a rib extending outward from a common side of the insert, the tab being received in and engaging the aperture, wherein the edge portion is captured and tightly held between the tab and the rib to secure the insert within the mating end of the cable clamp in the pre-assembled position, the upper housing and the lower housing moveable to the assembled position to retain the insert within the mating end of the cable clamp and the cable within the cable end of the cable clamp.