Patent ID: 8328455

Claim:
An end-connector of a select cable for a manual transmission comprising: a connector housing integrally connected with each respective end of the select cable and having a housing hole formed through front and rear surfaces of the connector housing; a fastener having a cylindrical pipe-shaped body inserted in the housing hole of the connector housing, with one end of the fastener protruding from the front surface of the connector housing through the housing hole; an elastic clip member disposed in front of the connector housing and connected to the one end of the fastener, wherein a portion of the elastic clip member is larger than a diameter of the housing hole for restraining the one end of the fastener which protrudes from the housing hole so as to prevent the fastener from being rearwardly retracted through the housing hole; and a helical spring member positioned around an outer side of the cylindrical pipe-shaped body within the housing hole in a space between the connector housing and the fastener and having one end supported by the fastener and the other end support by the elastic clip member to prevent the fastener from freely moving within the housing hole; wherein the fastener further comprises: an annular front protrusion extending from one end of the cylindrical pipe-shaped body and protruding from the front surface of the connector housing and the housing hole and comprising a lip having a triangular cross section, and having a clip groove integrally formed along a circumference of the front protrusion to fit the elastic clip member, wherein the clip member is inserted in the clip groove such that the clip member abuts the front surface of the connector housing and a rear surface of the front protrusion; and an annular rear protrusion extending from the other end of the cylindrical pipe-shaped body and comprising a socket having an arch-shaped cross section and having a spherical interior cavity, in which a ball portion of a connector pin is rotatably fitted to be relatively and freely rotatable and of which an outer side of the rear protrusion supports one end of the spring member.