Patent ID: 7420122

Claim:
A strain relief twist-on wire connector: a housing, said housing carrying a spiral thread thereon for engaging a wire therein; a radial compression member, said radial compression member having a first peripheral member and a second peripheral member with said first peripheral member and said second peripheral member displaceable toward each other to radially compress said radial deformable member into an extended wire supporting condition; and a radially deformable member that retains its structural integrity with the deformable member having a frictional wire engaging surface, said radial deformable member located proximate said radial compression member, said radial deformable member having an axially extending collapsible wire passageway therethrough to permit a wire access to the spiral thread through the wire passageway when the collapsible wire passage is in an uncollapsed condition, said radially deformable member displaceably coacting with said radial compression member to radially collapse the axial passageway to compress the radial deformable member into an extended frictional wire supporting condition that inhibits wire displacement therein to thereby inhibit strain on the wire connection in the twist-on wire connector.