Patent ID: 7922511

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly operable to provide conductive communication between at least one wire and a cooperating connector, said assembly comprising: a body defining an interior volume, said interior volume being in communication with a first opening and a second opening; an adjustment collar defining a passage having a first end and a second end, said adjustment collar being engageable with said body proximate said first opening in an unsecured condition and in a secured condition with said first end of said passage being in communication with said interior volume, said adjustment collar being rotatable relative to said body in said unsecured condition and being rotatably fixed relative to said body when in said secured condition, and wherein said adjustment collar defines a first helical thread proximate said second end of said passage; a connecting member having at least one conductive element wherein said connecting member defines a mateable interface and a wire-connecting interface, said mateable interface being engageable with the cooperating connector and said wire-connecting interface being engageable with the at least one wire, said conductive element extending between said mateable interface and said wire-connecting interface whereby electrical current is communicable from the at least one wire to the cooperating connector through said at least one conductive element; said connecting member defining a second helical thread wherein said connecting member is fixable relative to said adjustment collar by secure engagement of said first and second helical threads and wherein, when said first and second helical threads are engaged and said adjustment collar is engaged with said body, the cooperating connector is detachably engageable with said connecting member and the at least one wire is extendable through said interior volume from said wire-connecting interface to said second opening of said body; and, wherein said body defines a substantially cylindrical bore proximate said first opening and said first end of adjustable collar defines a substantially cylindrical exterior surface rotatably positionable within said cylindrical bore.