Cable connector with stepped connecting element

Claim 1

A cable connector, comprising: (a) a main housing formed with a first aperture; (b) a cover formed with a slot for cable insertion and a second aperture opening to said slot; (c) a means for fixing said cover to said main housing; (d) a cable connecting element formed as an elongate member, one end thereof being adapted to be connected to a cable when pressed thereagainst, the other end thereof being adapted for external terminal contact, an intermediate portion thereof being adapted for press fitting, and a step portion thereof between said intermediate portion thereof and said cable connection end thereof functioning to perpendicularly displace the plane of said intermediate portion thereof from the plane of said cable connection end thereof; (e) said cable connecting element being fitted into said first aperture of said main housing with its said intermediate portion being press fitted into said first aperture and its said external terminal contact end being housed in said first aperture, and with its said cable connection end protruding out from said first aperture for insertion into said second aperture of said cover and for coupling to a cable inserted into said slot of said cover, when said cover is secured to said main housing by said fixing means therefor, said cable connection end being bifurcated to include parallel legs (i) each having a projection on its outer side at an intermediate portion and (ii) comprising respective tip end portions, said projection of both of said legs for engaging side walls of said second aperture of said cover commencing at approximately the time said tip end portions of said cable connection end are initially being inserted into said slot and said projection of both of said legs clearing said side walls to be disposed within said slot of said cover when said cover is fully fixed to said housing.