Side-loading straight-line deadend clamp assembly
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsSeydou Diop, Paul Francis Zelazny, Samuel Paul Reynolds
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Abstract
A clamp assembly includes a body member having a first and second ends. A cable groove is formed in the body member between the first and second ends thereof to receive a conductor. A keeper is connected to the body member and has a lower surface to engage the conductor received in the cable groove. A threaded fastener connects the keeper to the body member. A biasing member is disposed between the keeper and the body member on the threaded fastener to bias the keeper in a direction away from the body member.
Claims20
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a body member having first and second ends;
- a keeper connected to the body member having a surface to engage a conductor and a chamber;
- a fastener connecting the keeper to the body member;
- a coil spring disposed between the keeper and the body member around the threaded fastener biasing the keeper away from the body member;
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- a nut disposed in the chamber receiving the fastener, wherein the chamber has a shape corresponding to the nut to substantially prevent rotational and axial movement of the nut therein.
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a body member having first and second ends;
- a cable groove formed in the body member;
- a keeper configured to engage a conductor received in the cable groove having an upper surface with a plurality of upwardly extending protrusions;
- a threaded fastener connecting the keeper to the body member;
- an internally threaded nut disposed in a chamber in the keeper receiving the fastener;
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- a biasing member biasing the keeper away from the body member.
The clamp assembly of claim ii, wherein
- a fastener opening in the body member receiving the fastener is substantially oval shaped.
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a body member having a first end, a second end, and a fastener opening;
- a cable groove formed in the body member to receive a conductor;
- a keeper connected to the body member to engage the conductor received in the cable groove;
- a fastener connecting the keeper to the body member and extending through the fastener opening;
- a biasing member disposed between the keeper and the body member on the threaded fastener;
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- a counterbore extending coaxially around the fastener opening receiving a first end of the biasing member.
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a body member having first and second ends;
- a cable groove formed in the body member between the first and second ends thereof to receive a conductor;
- a keeper connected to the body member to engage the conductor received in the cable groove;
- a threaded fastener connecting the keeper to the body member;
- a biasing member biasing the keeper away from the body member;
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- a washer on the fastener abuting a substantially V-shaped outer surface of the body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.