Cover and locking member for electrical devices
AssigneeBurndy Corporation
InventorsJeremy Jushchyshyn, Michael Anthony Bucciero, Nicholas Polidori
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Abstract
A locking member particularly adapted to lock a cover onto an electrical connector which connects an electrical transmission conductor to a distribution conductor is provided. The locking member includes a tip portion, a gripping portion, a holding portion, and a head portion, where the tip portion has a smaller cross-sectional area than the gripping portion and where the head portion is a widest portion of the locking member. The present disclosure is also directed insulating cover assemblies that include an insulating cover and a locking member contemplated by the present disclosure.
Claims19
A locking member for locking a cover covering a high voltage electrical connector, the locking member comprising:
- a shaft including:
- a tip portion;
- a gripping portion adjacent the tip portion, the gripping portion having a first end, a second end and a spiral shaped flange wrapped around the shaft and extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the spiral shaped flange includes a plurality of helix-like structures joined in series on the shaft;
- and
- a holding portion adjacent the gripping portion, the holding portion having a first end starting at an outer surface of the second end of the gripping portion and a second end;
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- a head portion at an end of the shaft adjacent the holding portion.
A cover system for a high-voltage electrical connector, the cover system comprising:
- an insulating cover having a first cover portion and a second cover portion, the cover portions being movable between an open position and a closed position, the first cover portion having a first locking aperture and the second cover portion having a second locking aperture where the second locking aperture aligns with the first locking aperture when the cover is in the closed position;
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- a locking member interactive with first cover portion and the second cover portion to releasably lock the first cover portion to the second cover portion, the locking member including:
- a shaft for insertion into the first locking aperture and the second locking aperture when the cover is in the closed position, the shaft including:
- a tip portion;
- a gripping portion adjacent the tip portion, the gripping portion having a first end, a second end and a spiral shaped flange wrapped around the shaft and extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the spiral shaped flange includes a plurality of helix-like structures joined in series on the shaft;
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- a holding portion adjacent the gripping portion, the holding portion having a first end starting at an outer surface of the second end of the gripping portion and a second end;
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- a head portion at an end of the shaft adjacent the holding portion.
A cover system for a high-voltage electrical connector, the cover system comprising:
- an insulating cover having a first cover portion joined to a second cover portion by a hinge, the cover portions being movable about the hinge between an open position and a closed position, the first cover portion having a first locking aperture and the second cover portion having a second locking aperture where the second locking aperture aligns with the first locking aperture when the cover is in the closed position;
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- a locking member interactive with first cover portion and the second cover portion to releasably lock the first cover portion to the second cover portion when the cover is in the closed position, the locking member including:
- a shaft for insertion into the first locking aperture and the second locking aperture when the cover is in the closed position, the shaft including:
- a tip portion;
- a gripping portion adjacent the tip portion, the gripping portion having a first end, a second end and a spiral shaped flange wrapped around the shaft and extending from the first end to the second end;
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- a holding portion adjacent the gripping portion, the holding portion having a first end starting at an outer surface of the second end of the gripping portion and a second end;
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- a head portion at an end of the shaft adjacent the holding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.