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US 2008/0156526 A1Published application
Click-fit connector for armored cables
OwnerLucien Ducretinventor
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Abstract
A connector for an armored cable mountable to a wiring box has a body provided with two biasing components which are operative to engage opposite sides of the wall of the wiring box and operative to maintain the desired position of the connector upon mounting its body to the box.
Claims20
A connector for introducing an armored cable into a wiring box, comprising:
- a hollow body;
- a first biasing component coupled to the hollow body and operative to press against an inner face of a wall of the wiring box in an installed state of the connector;
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- a second biasing component coupled to the body at a distance from the first biasing component and operative to press against an outer face of the wall in the installed state of the connector, the first and second biasing components generating respective oppositely-directed forces directed against the wall of the wiring box and minimizing voluntary disengagement of the connector from the wiring box.
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A connector configured to receive an armored cable and mountable to a wall of a wiring box, comprising:
- an elongated hollow body extending along a longitudinal axis between spaced front and rear ends of the hollow body;
- a plurality of spaced elongated springs extending through the hollow body and coupled thereto, the elongated springs each having a lug extending through the front end of the hollow body and operative to resiliently press against an inner side of the wall of the wiring box in an installed state of the connector;
- a support assembly extending radially outwards from the hollow body between the front and rear ends thereof;
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- a plurality of spaced-apart fingers provided on the support assembly and operative to resiliently press against an outer side of the wall of the wiring box in the installed state of the connector, wherein the lugs and fingers generate respective biasing forces directed in opposite axial directions in the installed state of the connector and minimizing involuntary displacement of the connector relative to the wiring box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.