Pad extending member
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorBarry Lynn Baker
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Abstract
A pad extender for connecting a conductor cable to a transformer. The pad extender includes a planar body including a first portion and a second portion. The pad extender further includes a pair of through-openings defined in the first portion of the planar body. Each of the pair of through-openings is configured to receive two fasteners. The pad extender further includes at least one aperture defined in the second portion of the planar body. The planar body is slidable relative to the transformer along the pair of through-openings.
Claims17
A pad extender for connecting a conductor cable to a transformer, the pad extender comprising:
- a planar body including a first portion and a second portion;
- a pair of through-openings defined in the first portion of the planar body, each of the pair of through-openings configured to receive two fasteners;
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- at least four apertures defined in the second portion of the planar body, two of the at least four apertures being configured to receive one fastener,
- wherein two of the at least four apertures are spaced apart in the direction along a length of the first portion, and two of the at least four apertures are spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the length of the first portion.
A pad extender for connecting a conductor cable to a transformer, the pad extender comprising:
- a body including a first transformer connection portion and a second conductor cable connection portion;
- a pair of through-openings defined in the first transformer connection portion of the body;
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- at least one aperture defined in the second conductor cable connection portion of the body, the at least one aperture configured to receive a single fastener,
- wherein the first portion and the second portion have a same thickness, the thickness being a length defined along a centerline of one of the pair of through-openings.
A pad extender for connecting a conductor cable to a transformer, the pad extender comprising:
- a body including a first transformer connection portion and a second conductor cable connection portion;
- a pair of through-openings defined in the first transformer connection portion of the body;
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- at least one aperture defined in the second conductor cable connection portion of the body, the at least one aperture configured to receive a single fastener,
- wherein the pair of through-opening extend along a first length of the first portion in a first direction, and
- wherein the first length is longer than a length of the second portion in the first direction.
An extender assembly connecting a conductor cable to a transformer, the extender assembly comprising:
- a lug terminal member connected to the transformer, the lug terminal member including a terminal aperture defined therein;
- a pad extender having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including pair of through-openings defined therein, the second portion including a second portion aperture defined therein;
- a first fastener extending through both the terminal aperture and one of the pair of through-openings to connect the lug terminal member to the first portion of the pad extender;
- a second fastener extending through both the terminal aperture and the same one of the pair of through-openings to connect the lug terminal member to the first portion of the pad extender;
- a connector coupled to a free end of the conductor cable, the connector including a connector aperture defined therein;
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- a third fastener extending through both the second portion aperture and the connector aperture to connect the second portion of the pad extender to the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.