Patent ID: 7358448

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, a radially outward extending stop flange formed about an intermediate portion of said connector body, and a snap fit retaining ring having a leading end and a trailing end, and having a frustro-conical configuration 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, wherein said grounding tang includes a free end defining a curvilinear contact area extending over a range of at least 270° to 360° of the circumference of said trailing end.