Conduit connector and methods for making and using the same
AssigneeSigma Electric Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsVinayak Manohar Chavan, Yuvraj Totaram Khodape, Ashok Alilughatta Sathanarayana
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the conduit connector can comprise: a body comprising a hollow center capable of receiving a conduit in a receiving end, wherein the hollow center extends from the receiving end to the connecting end; a spring disposed within the hollow center and extending out of the connecting end, wherein the spring comprises engagement tangs extending into the hollow center, toward the connection end, and spring tangs extending past the connection end and spaced apart a distance greater than or equal to an opening diameter in a junction box; and an antishort bush located in the connecting end of the body, retaining the spring in the body.
Claims20
A conduit connector, comprising:
- a body comprising a hollow center capable of receiving a conduit in a receiving end, wherein the hollow center extends from the receiving end to the connecting end;
- a spring disposed within the hollow center and extending out of the connecting end, wherein the spring comprises engagement tangs extending into the hollow center, toward the connection end, and spring tangs extending past the connection end and spaced apart a distance greater than or equal to an opening diameter in a junction box;
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- an antishort bush located in the connecting end of the body, retaining the spring in the body.
A conduit connector, comprising:
- a body comprising a hollow center capable of receiving a conduit in a receiving end and a knob, wherein the hollow center extends from the receiving end to the connecting end;
- a spring disposed within the hollow center and extending out of the connecting end, wherein the spring comprises
- engagement tangs extend into the hollow center, toward the connection end, wherein the engagement tangs form a generally V-shaped profile that is configured to align a conduit in the channel,
- spring tangs comprise a center lug extending outward from a spring main portion, away from the spring and toward the receiving end, wherein the spring tangs extend past the connection end and spaced apart a distance greater than or equal to an opening diameter in a junction box, and wherein each spring tang comprises side lugs angled toward the receiving end at an angle so that, once the connector is attached to an opening, the lugs avoid disengagement after applying a pulling load;
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- an aperture that received the knob;
- an antishort bush located in the connecting end of the body, retaining the spring in the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.