Junction box connector
OwnerSami Shemtovinventor
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Abstract
A junction box connector having a tubular body through which an electrical wire-carrying conduit is passed for termination at the junction box plate. The connector has an end which is designed to engage in an opening in the junction box plate, and may be locked in position so as to prevent axial pullout of the connector once it is in locked position, thus assuring electrical connection of the electrical wires in the junction box.
Claims8
A connector for connecting electrical wires-carrying conduit to a junction box, said connector having a longitudinal axis and comprising a tubular member having a proximal end for passage of electrical wires-carrying conduit therethrough, a distal end comprising an axially extending end having a generally circular opening and at least one tab angularly disposed relative to the longitudinal axis of said tubular member,
- in combination therewith, a junction box having a plate comprising a generally circular opening adapted to cooperatively receive the circular opening in said axially extending end of the distal end of said connector, at least one slot about said generally circular opening on said plate adapted to cooperatively receive said tab, and a stop member on said plate such that when said tab is inserted into said slot and turned in a counterclockwise direction, said stop member prevents said tab from further rotation thereby locking said axially extending end in position.
A connector for connecting electrical wires—carrying conduit to a junction box, said connector having a longitudinal axis and comprising a tubular member having a proximal end for passage of electrical wires—carrying conduit therethrough, a distal end comprising an axially extending end having a generally circular opening with a plurality of tabs extending transversely therefrom, said tabs being angularly disposed relative to the longitudinal axis of said tubular member, in combination therewith, a junction box, having a plate with a generally circular opening adopted to cooperatively receive said distal connector end of said connector, said plate having a plurality of slots about the periphery of said circular opening, each slot cooperatively receiving one of said plurality of tabs, wherein when said corresponding tabs are inserted in said corresponding slot and rotated in the direction of the angle of the tabs to the longitudinal axis, the connector is locked to the junction box plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.