Patent ID: 7645947
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: F16L,H01R,H02G

Abstract:
1. An electric connector assembly comprising: a connector body having an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion, and having a bore extending therethrough; the outlet end portion defining an outlet opening, and the inlet end portion defining an inlet opening; a radially outwardly extending stop flange on said connector body between the inlet and outlet end portions; an outer retainer ring circumscribing the outlet end portion; means, intermediate the outlet end portion and said radially outwardly extending stop flange, for retaining said outer retainer ring on the outlet end portion; locking tangs circumferentially spaced about an outer surface of said outer retainer ring, said locking tangs being blanked and bent forming a cantilever out of the surface of said outer retainer ring whereby free ends of said locking tangs are directed toward said radially outwardly extending stop flange; a body opening formed in said connector body intermediate said radially outwardly extending stop flange and the inlet end portion; and a resilient elongated conductor retainer comprising one end externally connected to the inlet end portion adjacent the inlet opening and another end angularly bent extending through said body opening and into the bore of said connector body and being directed toward the outlet opening, whereby an electrical conductor may be unidirectional insertion into and held in the inlet end portion.