Patent ID: 7214890

Claim:
An electric connector assembly comprising: a connector body having an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion, and having a bore extending therethrough, said outlet end portion defining an outlet opening, and said inlet end portion defining an inlet opening, a radially outwardly extending stop flange circumscribing said connector body at said inlet and outlet end portions respectively, an outer retaining ring circumscribing said outlet end portion, said outer retaining ring having a frustro-conical configuration, means for retaining said outer retainer ring on said outlet end portion, said means includes a retaining lug, said retaining ring including locking tangs circumferentially spaced about the outer surface of said retaining ring, said locking tangs being blanked and cantilverely bent out of the surface of said outer retaining ring whereby the free ends of said locking tangs are directed toward said stop flange circumscribing said outlet end portion, and conductor retaining means disposed within said inlet end portion for effecting unidirectional insertion of an electrical conductor into said inlet end portion that prohibits any unintentional separation of an electrical conductor from said inlet end portion.