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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Afshin Jafari, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Christopher M. Lolachi, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Afshin Jafari, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Christopher M. Lolachi, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is a connector for connecting an electrical cable to an aperture in an electrical panel. The assembled connector has a spring ring, a shell, and a block along a longitudinal axis. The spring ring has a base from which two insertion tabs extend coaxial with the axis. The block has a joining wall and a springing feature. The shell has a through opening coaxial with the axis. The insertion tabs retain the spring ring in the shell's through opening, and the springing feature retains the block in the shell's through opening. The insertion tabs of the spring ring have hook latches extending past the block that lock the connector in the panel. And the base of the spring ring has a hole to receive the cable where first and second clamping tabs clampably lock the cable in the connector.