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An electrical cable to utilization device quick connector that quickly and securely connects an electrical cable to a utilization device from the exterior of the utilization device without having to access the interior of the utilization device to turn a locking nut. The electrical cable to utilizat

An electrical cable to utilization device quick connector that quickly and securely connects an electrical cable to a utilization device from the exterior of the utilization device without having to access the interior of the utilization device to turn a locking nut. The electrical cable to utilization device quick connector includes a hollow body, electrical cable securing apparatus that is associated with the hollow body and selectively maintains the electrical cable in the electrical cable to utilization device quick connector, a first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring that is integrally formed with the hollow body, a flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring that is integrally formed with the first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring, a second flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring that is integrally formed with the flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring, an internally-threaded sleeve disposed on the hollow body, and a connector securing screw threadably engaging the internally-threaded sleeve.

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[ The invention claimed is:] [1.] An electrical cable to utilization device quick connector that quickly and securely connects an electrical cable with a diameter to a utilization device that has an interior, an exterior, and a wall with an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a throughbore ex

[ The invention claimed is:] [1.] An electrical cable to utilization device quick connector that quickly and securely connects an electrical cable with a diameter to a utilization device that has an interior, an exterior, and a wall with an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a throughbore extending therethrough, wherein said electrical cable to utilization device quick connector quickly and securely connects the electrical cable to the utilization device from the exterior of the utilization device without having to access the interior of the utilization device to turn a locking nut, said electrical cable to utilization device quick connector comprising:a) a hollow body having an open proximal end, a distal end spaced from said open proximal end of said hollow body, a longitudinal axis, and an outer surface, and containing an internal throughchamber having a diameter and opening into both said open proximal end of said hollow body and said distal end of said hollow body;b) electrical cable securing means associated with said hollow body for selectively maintaining the electrical cable in said hollow body, so that the electrical cable is selectively maintained in said electrical cable to utilization device quick connector;c) a first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring having:i) a proximal surface integrally formed with said distal end of said hollow body;ii) a pair of opposing minor arc sides with a lowermost minor arc side thereof being flush with said outer surface of said hollow body and with an opposing uppermost minor arc side thereof extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis upwardly past said outer surface of said hollow body, in a direction which is similar to a direction in which said electrical cable securing means extends, and forming a stop;iii) a pair of opposing major arc sides extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis outwardly past said outer surface of said hollow body, intermediate said pair of minor arc sides of said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring;iv) a distal surface parallel to, and spaced from, said proximal surface of said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring; andv) a circular-shaped throughbore with a diameter;d) a flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring having:i) a proximal surface integrally formed with said distal surface of said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring;ii) an upper portion disposed below said stop of said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring;iii) a lower portion extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis downwardly past said lowermost minor arc side of said pair of minor arc sides of said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring, in a direction which is opposite to the direction in which said electrical cable securing means extends;iv) a distal surface parallel to, and spaced from, said proximal surface of said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring; andv) a circular-shaped and centrally-disposed throughbore with a diameter;e) a second flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring having:i) a proximal surface integrally formed with said distal surface of said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring;ii) a pair of opposing minor arc sides with a lowermost minor arc side thereof extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis downwardly past said lower portion of said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring, in a direction which is opposite to the direction in which said electrical cable securing means extends, and with an opposing uppermost minor arc side thereof extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis upwardly past said upper portion of said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring, in a direction which is similar to the direction in which said electrical cable securing means extends, and together with said stop of said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring and said upper portion of said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring defining a back cut;iii) a pair of opposing major arc sides extending perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis outwardly past said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring;iv) a distal surface parallel to, and spaced from, said proximal surface of said second flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring; andv) a circular-shaped throughbore with a diameter;f) an internally-threaded sleeve disposed on said outer surface of said hollow body, diagonally to said longitudinal axis of said hollow body, and extending diagonally downwardly from short of said open proximal end of said hollow body to short of said distal end of said hollow body, towards said lower portion of said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring; andg) a connector securing screw threadably engaging said internally-threaded sleeve and being snugly abutable against the exterior surface of the wall of the utilization device so as to selectively maintain said electrical cable to utilization device quick connector to the utilization device, so that when said electrical cable to utilization device quick connector is tilted upwardly and said lowermost minor arc side of said pair of minor arc sides of said second flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring and said lower portion of said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring are passed through the throughbore in the wall of the utilization device that is defined by a perimeter, and then when said electrical cable to utilization device quick connector is tilted downwardly and the perimeter of the throughbore in the wall of the utilization device is seated in said back cut and against said flat, thin, and circular-shaped intermediate ring, and said distal surface of said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring abuts against the exterior surface of the wall of the utilization device and said proximal surface of said second flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring abuts against the interior surface of the wall of the utilization device, and then when said connector securing screw is rotated from the exterior of the utilization device and caused to thread along said internally-threaded sleeve and abut against the exterior surface of the wall of the utilization device so as to maintain the wall of the utilization device in said back cut and between said first flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring and said second flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring and between said connector securing screw and said second flat, thin, and oval-shaped eccentric ring, said electrical cable to utilization device quick connector with the electrical cable maintained therein is quickly and securely connected to the utilization device from the exterior of the utilization device without having to access the interior of the utilization device to turn a lock nut.