Patent ID: 6857895

Claim:
A connector for coupling to an insulated multi-stranded conductor cable, comprising: a housing having at least one bore for receiving the cable, the bore having a back wall and an inner sidewall; an electrically conductive prong extending from the back wall into the bore of the housing for impaling an end of the cable, the prong having a pointed tip, an expanded base on the back wall of the bore, and a sloped surface between the expanded base and the tip; and at least one hollow and substantially cylindrical tube having a leading edge, an outer surface of the tube being received by the inner sidewall of the bore and being advanceable into the bore, an inner surface of the tube sized to closely receive the insulated multi-stranded conductor cable the therethrough, the tube inner surface having a diameter; wherein the end of the cable is inserted through and beyond the tube and an exposed end of the cable is impaled on the prong, advancement of the tube into the bore toward the back wall of the bare causing the leading edge of the tube, in cooperation with the sloped surface of the prong, to radially outwardly spread the insulation and strands of the cable beyond the diameter of the inner surface of the tube and toward the inner sidewall of the housing and clamp the exposed end of the cable between the leading edge and the sloped surface of the prong.