Electrical cable connector with cable gripping means

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL CABLE INCLUDING A RIGID HOUSING HAVING AN ELONGATED CAVITY FOR RECEIVING AN END PORTION OF SAID CABLE, AN ELONGATED, TUBULAR, ELASTIC FILLER AROUND THE END PORTION OF SAID CABLE INSERTED INTO SAID CAVITY, A CUP-SHAPED, FORCE EXERTING MEANS INCLUDING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING ANNULAR END FLANGE FOR APPLYING AN END THRUST ON SAID FILLER TO FORCE AND HOLD SAID FILLER UNDER COMPRESSION IN SAID CAVITY, AND CABLE GRIPPING MEANS FOR PREVENTING LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CABLE AWAY FROM SAID CAVITY, SAID GRIPPING MEANS INCLUDING A TUBULAR STRUCTURE EXTENDING INTO THE BORE OF SAID FILLER ENGAGING THE EXTERIOR OF SAID CABLE AND A RADIAL FLANGE DISPOSED BETWEEN ONE END OF SAID FILLER AND SAID ANNULAR FLANGE OF SAID FORCE EXERTING MEANS, SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DEFLECTABLE SEGMENTS IN A RING AROUND SAID CABLE, EACH HAVING A FREE OUTER END AND AN OPPOSITE END HINGEDLY JOINED TO AN ANNULUS ADJACENT THE RADIAL FLANGE OF SAID GRIPPING MEANS, THE FREE ENDS OF SAID SEGMENTS BEING DEFLECTABLE RADIALLY INWARDLY IN GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT AGAINST THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID CABLE UPON APPLICATION OF END THRUST ON SAID FILLER, AND A SHARPENED TOOTH INTEGRALLY FORMED ON EACH OF SAID SEGMENTS, EACH TOOTH INCLUDING A POINTED OUTER END FOR BITING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CABLE AND A BODY PORTION EXTENDING ANGULARLY INWARD OF SAID SEGMENT TOWARD SAID CABLE WHEREBY SAID TOOTH BITES DEEPER INTO SAID CABLE UPON ATTEMPTED MOVEMENT OF SAID CABLE AWAY FROM SAID CAVITY.