Electricity: conductors and insulators – Conduits – cables or conductors – Single duct conduits
Patent
1996-10-09
1999-06-15
Reichard, Dean A.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Conduits, cables or conductors
Single duct conduits
H02G 318
Patent
active
059124318
ABSTRACT:
A snap-in locknut adapter is shown for connectors having a flange adjacent a threaded distal end to be inserted through an opening of predetermined diameter in a bulkhead. The adapter is to include a body with front and rear ends, an outer surface, and a hollow interior portion having internal threads corresponding to the threaded distal end of the connector. At least a portion of the outer surface of the body is to have an effective outer diameter less than the predetermined diameter of the opening. The adapter also includes a plurality of peripherally spaced, displaceable snap-lock members which extend outwardly from the outer surface of the body and have an effective outer diameter larger than the predetermined diameter of the opening. Once the displaceable snap-lock members are displaced inwardly and pushed through an opening in a bulkhead, they assume their original shape to thereby resist removal of the adapter from the opening. The adapter also preferably includes integrally formed areas which facilitate tightening of the adapter on the threaded distal end of the connector once the snap-lock members have been snapped through the opening. In this way, the adapter ensures that the connector is drawn into intimate contact with the bulkhead.
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