Cable connector and electrical box
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsKrzysztof W. Korcz, Steven J. Johnson, Richard J. Wagner, Jason P. Thomas
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Abstract
A cable connector is provided for coupling to and mounted within the internal cavity of an electrical box for securing an electrical cable passing through an opening in the electrical box. The cable connector includes a housing having a first end positioned next to or adjacent the cable opening in the electrical box and a second end spaced from the first end and the cable opening. At least one and typically two cable retaining members are positioned in the cable opening of the housing between the front wall and the rear wall. The cable retainer has a body with a plurality of retaining arms extending into an axial passage of the body for gripping the outer surface of a cable.
Claims20
A cable connector for coupling a cable to an electrical box, said cable connector comprising:
- a housing configured for coupling to an electrical box, said housing having a substantially planar front wall having a cable opening forming a cable passage and a substantially planar rear wall spaced from said front wall and having a cable opening aligned with said cable opening in said front wall;
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- a cable retainer received in said opening in said front wall and positioned between said front wall and said rear wall, said cable retainer having a body with a cable passage for receiving the electrical cable, said cable retainer configured for gripping an outer surface of the cable and retaining the cable within the cable passage of the cable retainer.
An electrical box assembly comprising:
- an electrical box having a rear wall and a side wall, said side wall having at least one cable opening with a dimension for receiving a cable;
- a cable connector positioned entirely within a cavity of said electrical box and coupled to said electrical box for coupling an electrical cable to the electrical box, said cable connector comprising;
- a housing coupled to said electrical box, said housing having a substantially planar front wall having a cable opening aligned with said cable opening in said electrical box and defining a cable passage for receiving the cable, said housing having a substantially planar rear wall spaced from said front wall and having a cable opening aligned with said cable opening in said front wall;
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- a cable retainer slidably received in said cable passage and said cable opening in said front wall, said cable retainer having a body with an axial passage for receiving the electrical cable, said body having at least one retaining arm oriented for gripping an outer surface of the cable, said housing and cable retainer being positioned entirely within said electrical box.
A cable retainer comprising
- a housing having a substantially planar front wall with a first opening and a second opening, each opening defining a respective cable passage extending through said front wall, a substantially planar rear wall spaced from said front wall and having a first and second cable opening axially aligned with said respective cable opening in said front wall, and a top wall extending between said front wall and said rear wall;
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- a cable retainer received in each said first and second cable openings in said front wall and coupled to said housing and having a cable passage aligned with said respective cable passage of said housing, each said cable retainer positioned between said front wall and rear wall and having at least one spring biased arm extending into said cable passage of said cable retainer for gripping and securing the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.