Patent ID: 7008270

Claim:
A cable connector comprising: a housing having a terminus receiving cavity extending through the housing from a rearward insertion end to a forward contact end of the housing, the cavity having a rearward facing shoulder and an annular recess defining a forward facing shoulder spaced rearward of the rearward facing shoulder and a terminus assembly disposed in the terminus receiving cavity, the terminus assembly having a terminus attached to an end of a cable, the terminus having rearward facing and forward facing shoulders, an annular recess rearward of the forward facing shoulder and a second forward facing shoulder rearward of the recess, the terminus assembly having a lock ring slidably mounted on the terminus, and a coil spring biasing the lock ring toward the forward facing shoulder, and the terminus assembly having a retention ring slideably mounted on the terminus behind the lock ring, the retention ring being engageable with the second forward facing shoulder of the terminus and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced, cantilevered, depressible spring fingers having outwardly projecting lock tangs, the depressible fingers being engagable with the lock ring to hold the lock tangs against the forward facing shoulder of the housing.