Patent ID: 6916988

Claim:
An electric connector assembly for securing an electrical conductor to an electric box comprising: a connector body having an inlet end portion, and an outlet end portion, and a bore extending therethrough, said outlet and portion terminating in an outlet opening for insertion through a knock out hole, said outlet end portion having an outer surface that slopes downward toward said 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 face portion and an integrally connected circumscribing frustro-conical configuration wherein the diameter of the trailing end of said frustro-conical configuration is greater than the diameter of the leading end thereof, said circumscribing frustro-conical configuration includes a locking tang formed out of the surface of said ring and a grounding tang, whereby said locking tang is cantileverly bent radially outwardly relative to said grounding tang, and means for securing said retaining ring onto said downwardly sloped outlet end portion of said connector body.