Patent ID: 8143535
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: F16L,H01R,H02G

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising a connector body having an outlet end portion, and an inlet end portion, said outlet end portion being adapted to be inserted through a knockout opening of an electric box or panel, the knockout opening having a wall thickness, a snap fit adaptor fitted onto said outlet end portion, means for securing said snap fit adaptor onto said outlet end portion, said snap fit adaptor having a leading end, a trailing end and an intermediate portion there between, a locking tang blanked out of the surface of the intermediate portion, said locking tang being angularly bent outwardly relative to the surface of the intermediate portion, and a grounding tang being angularly bent outwardly relative to the surface of the intermediate portion having a free end extending, when angularly bent, to the trailing end of said snap fit adaptor, the free end being transversely curved to define an arcuate portion of a cylinder and having a contact surface substantially parallel to a center axis of said snap fit adaptor, whereby said arcuate portion is disposed in surface to surface contact with the inner periphery of the knockout opening and the contact surface extends substantially the entire wall thickness of the knockout opening when secured to the electric box or panel providing enhanced electrical grounding.