Patent ID: 8491328

Claim:
An electrical connector for terminating a cable, the electrical connector comprising: an electrical contact configured to be terminated to a wire of the cable; a housing extending between a mating end and a cable end, the housing being configured to mate with a mating connector at the mating end, the electrical contact being held by the housing; a back shell mounted to the cable end of the housing, the back shell comprising discrete sub-shells that connect together to define the back shell, the back shell including an opening configured to hold an end of the cable such that the back shell supports the end of the cable, the back shell comprising an accessory socket, the sub-shells comprising sub-sockets that are aligned and open to each other to define the accessory socket; and an accessory held within the accessory socket of the back shell such that the accessory extends outwardly from the back shell, the accessory being configured to engage the cable.