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US 2006/0040531 A1Published application
Ground block connector
AssigneeExtreme Broadband Engineering, LLC
InventorsJay Shapson, Arthur Dyck
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Abstract
A ground block connector is provided by forming a slot in a protrusion of a housing for an electrical device. A compression bolt is screwed into a threaded hole in the protrusion into the slot, for captively retaining a U-shaped compression electrical contact in the slot, whereby movement of the screw in one direction moves the contact toward the bottom of the slot, for compressibly retaining an end of a ground wire between the bottom of the contact and bottom of the slot.
Claims25
A ground block connector comprising:
- a housing including an open slot, having a front, back, top, bottom, and opposing sides, and a threaded hole through said housing into said slot;
- a compression bolt screwed into said threaded hole for entry into said slot;
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- a compression block electrical contact, said screw, said housing, and said contact being configured for captively retaining said contact on said screw within said slot, whereby said screw can be turned in one direction for moving said contact upward, and in another direction for moving said contact downward to compress against and retain an electrically conductive end of a ground wire, or cable in the bottom of said slot, thereby grounding said housing.
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