Patent ID: 7151223

Claim:
An electric connector assembly comprising: a connector body having an inlet end portion, and an outlet end portion, said outlet end portion defining an outlet opening, said outlet end portion including an outer sloping surface converging toward said outlet opening, a radially outward extending stop flange formed about an intermediate portion of said connector body, and an external snap fit retaining ring having a leading end, a trailing end, and an intermediate portion forming a frustro-conical configuration complementing said outer sloping surface wherein the diameter of the trailing end of said frustro-conical configuration is greater than the diameter of said leading end thereof, said frustro-conical retaining ring having at least one locking tang and grounding tang formed out of the surface of said retaining ring, and means for securing said retaining ring onto said outlet end portion of said connector body, said securing means includes an external outwardly projecting lug connected to said outlet end portion, and said frustro-cornical retaining ring including a slot for receiving said projecting lug in the assembled position of said connector body and retaining ring whereby the width of said slot is greater than the width of said lug adapted to be received therein, and including a conductor retainer means disposed in said inlet end portion for permitting unidirectional insertion of an electrical conductor into said inlet end portion and prohibiting any unintentional separation of an electrical conductor from said inlet end portion.