Patent ID: 8506329

Claim:
A method of assembling a cable connector, said method comprising: inserting one or more connector pins through a shell insert of a connector shell; sliding a first alignment insert between at least a portion of the one or more connector pins, the alignment insert comprising a body having a first planar surface, a second planar surface, and a thickness extending therebetween, the body comprising an outer peripheral surface sized complementarily to an inner surface of the connector shell, the body further comprising one or more slots therethrough and extending from the outer peripheral surface inwardly a first predetermined distance, a first width of each of the one or more slots and the first predetermined distance based on an orientation of the one or more inserted connector pins positioned within the shell insert; positioning the first alignment insert between the shell insert and a grommet of the backshell; sliding a second alignment insert between a remaining portion of the one or more connector pins; and clamping a backshell of the cable connector to a cable having at least one conduit communicatively coupled to a respective one of the one or more connector pins.