Patent ID: 8586881

Claim:
A connector assembly including a conduit and a compression ring, a) the conduit having a conduit inner surface opposing a conduit outer surface, at least a portion of the conduit outer surface being threaded; and b) the compression ring: 1) extending: (i) from a first circumferential end to a second circumferential end, wherein the first circumferential end is complementarily interfittable with the second circumferential end; and (ii) from a compression ring first axial end to a compression ring second axial end; and 2) having: (i) a circumferential gap between the first circumferential end and the second circumferential end, wherein the circumferential gap spaces the first circumferential end from the second circumferential end; (ii) a compression ring outer surface opposing a compression ring inner surface; and (iii) a set of teeth extending radially inwardly from the compression ring inner surface; c) wherein: 1) the compression ring is configured to be compressable when installed in the connector assembly such that the first circumferential end is brought toward the second circumferential end; and 2) the set of teeth of the compression ring is configured to complementarily engage the portion of the conduit outer surface that is threaded.