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US 12,712,099 B2Granted
Insulator support pins
AssigneePreformed Line Products Company
InventorJacob Palmer
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Abstract
An insulator support pin includes a strength member and a non-conductive sheath surrounding the strength member. The non-conductive sheath extends between a first end and a second end. The insulator support pin also includes a support member between the first end and the second end. The first end is configured to attach to an insulator, and the second end is configured to attach to a support structure.
Claims20
An insulator support pin comprising:
- a strength member;
- a non-conductive sheath surrounding the strength member and extending between a first end and a second end, with the non-conductive sheath having a bore at the second end, with the first end of the non-conductive sheath encapsulating a respective segment of the strength member such that the strength member terminates within the bore so as to not extend beyond the first end of the non-conductive sheath;
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- a support member between the first end and the second end, wherein:
- the first end of the non-conductive sheath, with the respective segment of the strength member encapsulated therein, is configured to attach to an insulator, and the second end of the non-conductive sheath is configured to attach to a support structure.
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An insulator support pin comprising a strength member;
- and a non-conductive sheath surrounding the strength member and extending between a first end and a second end, with the non-conductive sheath defining a bore, with the first end of the non-conductive sheath encapsulating a respective segment of the strength member such that the strength member terminates within the bore so as to not extend beyond the first end of the non-conductive sheath, wherein:
- the first end of the non-conductive sheath, with the respective segment of the strength member encapsulated therein, is configured to attach to an insulator, the second end of the non-conductive sheath is configured to attach to a support structure, at a first location between the first end and the second end, the non-conductive sheath has a first mating portion, at a second location between the first end and the second end, the non-conductive sheath has a second mating portion and a void is defined at at least one of the first location or the second location, the first mating portion and the second mating portion mate with one another to couple a first portion of the non-conductive sheath to a second portion of the non-conductive sheath, the first portion of the non-conductive sheath extends between and includes the first end of the non-conductive sheath and the first mating portion, the second portion of the non-conductive sheath extends between and includes the second end of the non-conductive sheath and the second mating portion, and when the first mating portion and the second mating portion are not mated with one another, the strength member is at least one of removable from or insertable into at least one of the first portion of the non-conductive sheath or the second portion of the non-conductive sheath.
An insulator support pin comprising:
- a strength member;
- and
- a non-conductive sheath surrounding the strength member and extending between a first end and a second end, with the non-conductive sheath having a bore at the second end, with the first end of the non-conductive sheath encapsulating a respective segment of the strength member such that the strength member terminates within the bore so as to not extend beyond the first end of the non-conductive sheath, wherein at least one of:
- the first end of the non-conductive sheath, with the respective segment of the strength member encapsulated therein, is threadingly configured to attach to an insulator, or
- the second end of the non-conductive sheath is threadingly configured to attach to a support structure.
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An insulator support pin comprising:
- a non-conductive strength member extending between a first end and a second end;
- a first attachment feature at the first end configured to threadingly attach to an insulator;
- a second attachment feature at the second end configured to threadingly attach to a support structure, wherein a bore is defined in the first attachment feature and the second attachment feature such that the non-conductive strength member disposed in the first attachment feature and the second attachment feature terminates within the bore so as to not extend beyond the first end;
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- a support member extending from at least one of:
- the first attachment feature, or
- the second attachment feature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.