Electrical connector

Claim 1

An electrical connector for a cable including a layer of insulation surrounding a core having a plurality of individual conductors, the ends of said conductors having said insulation layer stripped away, comprising: a housing including a plurality of grooves for receiving respective ones of a plurality of contacts and for arraying said contacts in a predetermined pattern, said contacts being for connections respectively to said conductor ends, said housing further including a plurality of bores leading to said grooves respectively for receiving respective ones of said conductor ends for arraying said conductors in said pattern and guiding said conductors to said contacts, an inlet cavity for receiving therein and holding said cable with said insulation layer and enclosed conductors, and a central cavity formed between said inlet cavity and said plurality of bores; an adaptor for insertion in said central cavity, said adaptor having a plurality of insertion holes passing therethrough for receiving and positioning said plurality of conductor ends in a pattern identical with said predetermined contact pattern, the contours and dimensions of said central cavity and adaptor being such that said insertion holes and said bores are in registration with each other when said adaptor is seated in said central cavity, conductor ends extending from said insertion holes of said adaptor entering said bores when said adaptor is being inserted into said central cavity, a portion of said cable including insulation being within said inlet cavity; a stamping portion in said adaptor, said adaptor stamping portion being subject to permanent deformation by application of force thereto, said deformed adaptor stamping portion being positioned on said adaptor for pressing against conductors within said insertion holes, said adaptor deformation preventing withdrawal of said conductors from said adaptor.