Patent ID: 7205489

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, said securing means including circumferential, spaced apart external outwardly projecting lugs connected about said outlet end portion, and said frustro-conical retaining ring including having complimentary spaced apart slots for receiving said spaced apart projecting lugs in the assembled position of said connector body and said retaining ring whereby the width of said slot is greater than the width of said lug adapted to be received therein to define a space therebetween, and a tool for facilitating the installation of said connector assembly to a knock out hole of an electric box, said tool having opposed ends, one of said ends having spaced apart edges for straddling said retaining ring, and said edges being received in said space whereby a force applied to the other of said ends imparts a seating force on said outlet end portion to seat and lock said outlet end portion within a knockout hole of an electric box.