Patent ID: 9431808
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H02G

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector for connecting rigid or flexible electrical conduit to a wall of a junction box having an opening therein, edges surrounding the opening and a surrounding interior surface of the wall surrounding the opening and a surrounding exterior surface of the wall surrounding the opening, comprising: a one piece connector body defining a conduit supporting passageway having a conduit central axis, a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the distal end formed with a substantially cylindrical locating collar having a leading lug and an opposed trailing lug and a recess having a bottom substantially encircling the connector body, the recess being sufficiently deep that when the connector body is tilted and the leading lug of the locating collar is urged toward the edge surrounding the opening and the bottom of the recess contacts the edge surrounding the opening, the opposed trailing lug of the locating collar can pass through the opening and the locating collar can then be centered to engage the edges surrounding the opening in the junction box and the surrounding interior surface of the junction box and maintain the conduit central axis substantially perpendicular to the wall of the junction box; a pressure lock mechanism for removably securing the connector body to the opening in the junction box, the pressure lock mechanism comprising a sleeve extending outward from the sidewall of the connector body having a central axis that is substantially parallel to the conduit central axis, a threaded bolt securing fastener engaged in the sleeve having a distal end, the securing fastener having a central axis substantially parallel to the conduit central axis and substantially perpendicular to the wall of the junction box, wherein the securing fastener can be selectively tightened to cause the distal end of the securing fastener to abut completely and solely against the surrounding exterior surface of the wall of the junction box and to draw the locating collar tightly against the surrounding interior surface of the junction box with sufficient force to prevent the dislodgement of the connector body from the opening, and selectively loosened to cause the distal end of the securing fastener to separate from the wall of the junction box whereby the connector is selectively secured to or removed from the junction box.