Patent ID: 8777660

Claim:
Electric connector comprising: a connector body having a front end and a rear end, a plurality of contact elements mounted within the connector body and able to be coupled with mating contact elements at the front end of the connector body, said contact element being connectable to respective wires of an electric cable provided with a sheath, and means for clamping the electric cable within said connector body, comprising: a cable clamping tubular portion having clamping longitudinal tabs which are elastically deformable, said portion being connected to said connector body, a wedge-like locking bush having an inner conical surface, mounted above said longitudinal tabs of said cable tubular clamping portion, a locking ring-nut which can be tightened above a threaded portion of the rear end of the connector body, for axially urging said wedge-like bush above the tabs of said cable clamping portion so as to clamp the cable within said tabs, and a positioning element which can be mounted within said connector body and having a front portion adapted to receive and lock thereon said contact elements, before these contact elements are inserted into the connector body, wherein said positioning element comprises a rear portion provided with retaining longitudinal tabs which are elastically deformable and have at their free ends wedge-like teeth cooperating with respective windows formed on the rear end of said connector body, for snap-locking said positioning element within said connector body.