Patent ID: 7494157
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: F16L,H02G

Abstract:
1. An electric connector assembly comprising: an electric box having a support wall with a hole extending through the thickness of said support wall, a connector body having an inlet end for receiving an electrical conductor, an outlet end adapted to be inserted through said hole and a radially outwardly extending flange between said inlet end and said outlet end, said flange forming a stop to limit the distance said outlet end may extend through said hole of said support wall, a slot formed in said outlet end adjacent to said flange, said slot extending into said hole when said outlet end is fully inserted through said hole, and a retainer ring surrounding said outlet end, said retainer ring having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an intermediate portion therebetween, a holding tab blanked out of said intermediate portion of said ring, said holding tab including a segment of said trailing edge forming a free end of said holding tab, said free end being angularly and inwardly bent relative to said intermediate portion of said ring so as to be received in said slot within said hole for securing said ring onto said outlet end, and a combined locking and grounding tang blanked out of said intermediate portion between said leading edge and said trailing edge said retainer ring, said combined locking and grounding tang being outwardly bent relative to said intermediate portion and angularly inclined in the direction of said training edge of said ring, and said locking and grounding tang includes opposed longitudinally outwardly bent wing portions and a projecting tit therebetween whereby said tit engages a periphery of said hole of said wall to effect an electric ground therewith when said connector body is inserted through said hole, and said wings securing said connector body to said support wall.