Electrical assembly having a backshell with a cable follower

An electrical assembly comprising:

• a backshell having a coupling nut defining a cavity and a cable follower received in the cavity and extending rearward from the coupling nut, the cable follower having ratchet slots at a front end of the cable follower, the cable follower having a plurality of rearward extending spring fingers extending to distal ends, the spring fingers defining a cable channel configured to receive a cable, the spring fingers being deflectable and being spring biased against the cable to provide a clamping force against the cable, the spring fingers being tapered inward to the distal ends to define a generally conical shaped cable channel, the spring fingers being spring biased against the cable in different radial directions to substantially center the cable in the cable channel;
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• a retention feature coupled between the cable follower and the coupling nut, the retention feature having a ratchet feature operably received in the ratchet slots to rotatably fix the coupling nut to the cable follower at defined ratchet positions, the retention feature allowing the coupling nut to be rotatably coupled to the cable follower such that the coupling nut is rotatable relative to the cable, the coupling nut being configured to be coupled to a front shell of the electrical assembly.

An electrical assembly comprising:

• a backshell having a coupling nut defining a cavity and a cable follower received in the cavity and extending rearward from the coupling nut, the coupling nut having a groove, the cable follower having a groove, the cable follower having a plurality of rearward extending spring fingers extending to distal ends, the spring fingers defining a cable channel configured to receive a cable, the spring fingers being deflectable and being spring biased against the cable to provide a clamping force against the cable, the spring fingers being tapered inward to the distal ends to define a generally conical shaped cable channel, the spring fingers being spring biased against the cable in different radial directions to substantially center the cable in the cable channel;
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• a retention feature coupled between the cable follower and the coupling nut, the retention feature allowing the coupling nut to be rotatably coupled to the cable follower such that the coupling nut is rotatable relative to the cable, the coupling nut being configured to be coupled to a front shell of the electrical assembly, wherein the retention feature is a captive ring discrete from the cable follower and from the coupling nut, the captive ring being received in the groove in the cable follower and received in the groove in the coupling nut.