Patent ID: 8141454

Claim:
A cable assembly, comprising: a cable; and a retainer releasably coupled to the cable and including a body with an axis, a cavity and a tip that defines an opening leading to the cavity, where the axis extends through the opening and the tip has a plurality of sections each with an inner surface spaced from the axis and defining a minimum effective size of the opening through which an object passes to reach the cavity, wherein the radial distance to the axis from the inner surface of at least one section varies along the circumferential extent of the inner surface of said at least one section wherein the retainer is constructed and arranged to mate with a connector having a reduced diameter portion and a head extending from the reduced diameter portion with at least a portion that is larger in diameter than the reduced diameter portion, wherein the retainer is adapted to receive the head within the cavity with the reduced diameter portion extending out of the cavity and into the opening, and when the head is received within the cavity, at least a portion of the inner surfaces of at least two diametrically opposed sections radially overlap the larger diameter portion of the head to retain the head within the cavity.