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US 10,374,406 B2Granted
Methods for spacing conductors using a geared spacer assembly
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsRobert Victor De France, Daniel David Dobrinski
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Abstract
A method of spacing conductors includes positioning a conductor between a first clamping body and a second clamping body. A fastener received by the first and second clamping bodies is rotated in a first direction causing a first set of teeth associated with the fastener to engage a second set of teeth associated with the first clamping body to move the first clamping body toward the conductor.
Claims14
A method of spacing conductors comprising:
- inserting a tab of a first clamping body in a first slot of a second clamping body so that the tab extends through the second clamping body to movably connect the first clamping body to the second clamping body and to align a second slot in the first clamping body with a third slot in the second clamping body;
- and
- rotating a fastener received by the first and second clamping bodies in a first direction to move one of the clamping bodies towards the other clamping body to securely receive at least a first conductor therebetween, wherein rotating the fastener causes a first set of teeth associated with the fastener to engage a second set of teeth associated with the first clamping body to move the first clamping body toward the second clamping body, the second set of teeth extending into the second slot, wherein at least a first portion of the fastener is positioned in the second slot and at least a second portion of the fastener is positioned in the third slot.
A method of spacing conductors, comprising:
- positioning a conductor between a first clamping body having a first slot and a second clamping body having a second slot;
- and
- rotating a fastener received by the first and second clamping bodies in a first direction causing a first set of teeth associated with the fastener to engage a second set of teeth associated with the first clamping body to move the first clamping body toward the conductor, the second set of teeth extending into the first slot, wherein at least a first portion of the fastener is positioned in the first slot and at least a second portion of the fastener is positioned in the second slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.