Shock absorbing electrical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED FOR USE WITH AN ELECTRIC CORD WHICH INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS SITUATED WITHIN A TUBULAR DIELECTRIC JACKET AND IS ARRANGED FOR RETRACTION INTO A CORDWINDER HOUSING THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE HOUSING BY BEING WOUND ON A DRUM IN THE HOUSING BY A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT TORQUE SPRING MOTOR WHICH ROTATES SAID DRUM, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING AN ELASTIC BODY OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT ELEMENTS, EACH CONTACT ELEMENT HAVING A TERMINAL PORTION THEREOF EMBEDDED IN SAID BODY AND CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID CONDUCTORS, A STRAIN RELIEF ELEMENT SECURED TO AN END SECTION OF THE CORD''S JACKET AND EMBEDDED TOGETHER WITH SAID END SECTION IN SAID BODY, SAID BODY INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL ELASTIC COLLAR PORTION NEAR THAT END OF THE BODY WHICH RECEIVES SAID CORD, SAID COLLAR PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY AND BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED IN A PLANE WHICH IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE CORD, SAID COLLAR PORTION BEING LARGER THAN SAID OPENING IN THE HOUSING SO THAT AT THE INSTANT SAID CORD IS FULLY RETRACTED INTO THE HOUSING SAID COLLAR PORTION CONTACTS THAT PORTION OF THE HOUSING ADJACENT SAID OPENING, ARRESTING RETRACTION OF THE CORD, AND FLEXES TOWARD THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY THEREBY ABSORBING THE IMPACT OF SAID CONTACT WHEREBY A RELATIVELY SMALL FORCE IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH SAID BODY TO THE STRAIN RELIEF ELEMENT EFFECTING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CORD AND THE BODY.