Retaining an insert in an electrical connector.

摘要

A tubular sleeve of a deformable plastic is longitudinally slotted to define a plurality of laterally separated weakened longitudinal columns (62) and their respective forward leading edges (64) are inserted into an annular passageway (32) formed between an insert (20) disposed in a shell (l0) so that the columns curl about and the column medial portions (66) collapse in an accordian-like fashion whereby to radially interferencingly wedge and lock the columns in the passage and thereby to retain the insert in the shell. The curling could be l80° causing the leading edges to retreat coaxially rearward or be 270° causing the leading edges to loop about and be driven radially outward, the leading edges in either possibly engaging its rearward medial portion.