IP Library Granted Patent US 12,456,853
Granted Patent B2
US 12,456,853 · App. 18/668,773 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Electrical box cable connector

Inventors: Krzysztof Korcz (Shelton, CT); Steven Johnson (Shelton, CT)
Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
H02G3/16H02G3/0691H02G3/083H02G3/086
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Patent No.
US 12,456,853
App. No.
18/668,773
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical box assembly and cable connector are provided. The cable connector includes a connector housing and a cable retaining member that releasably secures an electrical cable within the connector housing. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and a cable connector. The electrical box assembly may also include a box separator.

Claims (32)

1. An electrical cable connector for an electrical box, the electrical cable connector comprising:

a housing defining a space configured to receive an electrical cable, the housing having at least one mounting hole configured to receive a fastener and used to attach the housing to an interior of the electrical box from an exterior of the electrical box; and

at least one flexible cable retaining member secured to or integrally formed into the housing and extending into the space.

2. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cable retaining member comprises at least one leg that flexes when the electrical cable is received in the space.

3. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one cable retaining member comprises a plurality of legs, wherein each leg flexes when the electrical cable is received in the space.

4. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one mounting hole is a threaded hole.

5. The electrical cable connector according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener comprises a threaded screw.

6. An electrical cable connector comprising:

a housing having at least one mounting hole configured to receive a fastener and used to attach the housing to an interior of one of a plurality of walls of an electrical box from an exterior of the electrical box, the housing defining a space and configured to receive an electrical cable in the space; and

at least one cable retaining member secured to or integrally formed into the housing and extending into the space such that when the electrical cable is received in the space at least a portion of the cable retaining member engages the electrical cable and holds the electrical cable in the space.

7. The electrical cable connector according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one cable retaining member comprises at least one leg.

8. The electrical cable connector according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one leg is a flexible leg that flexes when the electrical cable is received in the space.

9. The electrical cable connector according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one cable retaining member comprises a plurality of legs.

10. The electrical cable connector according to claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of legs are flexible legs, wherein each leg flexes when the electrical cable is received in the space.

11. The electrical cable connector according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one mounting hole is a threaded hole.

12. The electrical cable connector according to claim 6 , wherein the fastener comprises a threaded screw.

13. An electrical box assembly comprising:

an electrical box; and

at least one electrical cable connector, the at least one electrical cable connector including:

a housing defining a space configured to receive an electrical cable, the housing having at least one mounting hole configured to receive a fastener and used to attach the housing to an interior of the electrical box from an exterior of the electrical box; and

at least one flexible cable retaining member secured to or integrally formed into the housing and extending into the space.

14. The electrical box assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one mounting hole comprises a threaded hole.

15. The electrical box assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the fastener comprises a threaded screw.

16. The electrical box assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one cable retaining member comprises at least one leg that flexes when the electrical cable is received in the space.

17. An electrical box assembly comprising:

an electrical box; and

at least one electrical cable connector, the at least one electrical cable connector including:

a housing having at least one mounting hole configured to receive a fastener and used to attach the housing to an interior of one of a plurality of walls of an electrical box from an exterior of the electrical box, the housing defining a space and configured to receive an electrical cable in the space; and

at least one cable retaining member secured to or integrally formed into the housing and extending into the space such that when the electrical cable is received in the space at least a portion of the cable retaining member engages the electrical cable and holds the electrical cable in the space.

18. The electrical box assembly according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one mounting hole comprises a threaded hole.

19. The electrical box assembly according to claim 17 , wherein the fastener comprises a threaded screw.

20. The electrical box assembly according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one cable retaining member comprises at least one leg that flexes when the electrical cable is received in the space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2025
From: KORCZ, KRZYSZTOF; JOHNSON, STEVEN
To: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 071616/0293 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 18108469 · Feb 10, 2023
Continuation 16185929 · Nov 9, 2018
Continuation 15893761 · Feb 12, 2018
Continuation 15341891 · Nov 2, 2016
Provisional Application 62249680 · Nov 2, 2015
Related Publication 20240348030A1 · Oct 17, 2024
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