Patent ID: 8138418
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical junction box for receiving a sheathed electrical cable, comprising: opposed left and right side walls joined with opposed top and bottom walls joined with a back cover to define an interior cavity with one side open, wherein the walls and back cover form a plurality of corners; at least one cable opening proximate to one of the plurality of corners and formed in one of the walls; a pry out plate covering the cable opening; a strain relief bracket extending across a width of the cavity and disposed immediately abutting the cable opening, wherein at least one end of the strain relief bracket is bent at an angle and includes a curved distal tab; and wherein when the pry out plate is removed, the sheathed electrical cable passes through the cable opening and into the cavity and the curved distal tab of the strain relief bracket frictionally engages and biases the electrical cable against at least one of the left and right side walls to retain the sheathed electrical cable within the cavity.