Patent ID: 8466378
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A snap-in electrical connector for securing an electrical conduit or cable of the type having an electrically conductive outer sheath to a knockout aperture in the wall of an electrically conductive junction box comprising: a tubular connector body including a leading end, a trailing end, a main flange, a leading bore, and a trailing bore; a leading flange on said leading end of said connector body; a seat extending between said main flange and said leading flange, said seat of a smaller diameter than the diameters of said leading flange and said main flange; a resilient snap ring disposed on said seat, said snap ring including a tubular ring body having a leading end and a trailing end and a notch at said trailing end; a raised grounding lug extending from said seat of said connector body, said lug extending through said notch of said snap ring; a locking tang on said ring body of said snap ring, said locking tang including a leading end cantilevered from said ring body and a free trailing end bent outward of said ring body; a tensioning tang bent outwards of said ring body at said trailing end of said ring body, said tensioning tang on an opposing side of said ring body from said raised grounding lug of said connector body; and a cable attachment arrangement for securing said electrical cable in said trailing bore of said connector body.