Patent ID: 8079286

Claim:
A two-piece motion-transmitting cable assembly, including: a first cable having a first core wire surrounded by a first conduit; a second cable having a second core wire surrounded by a second conduit, wherein said second core wire is separate from said first core wire; a core wire connector which joins said first and second core wires when said first and second core wires are brought together; a male housing connected to one end of the first conduit and having a ridged length adjustment section; a spring retainer slideably interconnected with the exterior of the male housing and having a female retaining clip at a first end; a female housing connected to one end of the second conduit at one end and having a male retaining clip, which engages with the female retaining clip when the male and female housings are mated; an adjustment clip removably connected with the female housing, which engages with the ridged length adjustment section to lock the male housing in a position relative to the female housing; and a spring contained between the exterior of the male housing and the interior of the spring retainer and interacting with the spring retainer to bias the first conduit in a direction toward the second conduit, thereby placing said joined first and second core wires in a compression bias.