Patent ID: 8646813

Claim:
A connector assembly, a) the connector assembly including an elongated body extending between a body first axial end and a body second axial end, the body including: 1) a body outer surface extending between the body first axial end and the body second axial end; 2) an internal passage into which a conduit may be inserted, the internal passage having a central passage axis and extending between the body first axial end and the body second axial end; 3) a body first region including: (i) a first slot having: (a) a first slot depth extending between the body outer surface and the internal passage; and (b) a first slot length extending along the outer body surface between opposing first slot sides, the opposing first slot sides being at least substantially parallel; and (ii) a second slot distanced along a length of the body a slot distance away from the first slot, the second slot having: (a) a second slot depth extending between the body outer surface and the internal passage; and (b) a second slot length extending along the body outer surface between opposing second slot sides, the opposing second slot sides being at least substantially parallel; (iii) a body aperture region radially extending out from the central passage axis, the body aperture region: (a) being positioned between the first slot and the second slot; (b) having a body fastener aperture extending between the body outer surface and the internal passage, b) wherein: 1) the first slot is at least substantially parallel to the second slot, and 2) the first slot and the second slot are at least substantially perpendicular to the central passage axis.