Patent ID: 6133529
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: F16L,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
In a snap-in locking helical armored cable connector configured for use with a spring steel adapter to join an electrical junction box to fix a location of the locking cable connector with respect to the junction box comprising:A) a first piece including a die cast member with an opening having inbound and outbound ends, a smooth inboard cylindrical section having a diameter to include and accommodate a spring steel adapter and a lip having an inbound and an outbound surface at the outbound end, said lip being of a smaller diameter than said cylindrical section; andB) a locking ring to receive an armored cable and lock said cable into said die cast member, said locking ring having a tang allowing insertion into said die cast member but restricting withdrawal motion from said die cast member and having a cable gripping tang oppositely directed to receive the armored cable and restrict its movement in a reverse direction, the improvement comprising the incorporation of an insert in the outbound end of said snap-in connector, said insert comprising:1) a cylindrical body having inbound and outbound ends and an outer periphery;2) a first plurality of tabs extending outwardly from the periphery at the inbound end of said insert that engage similarly shaped recesses cast into the inbound surface of said lip when said insert is inserted into said die cast member through the inbound end; and3) a second plurality of tabs extending outwardly from the outer periphery of the cylindrical body at a point intermediate the inbound and outbound ends of the insert, radially offset from said first plurality of tabs and that engage the outbound surface of said lip when said insert is inserted through the inbound end of said die cast member.