Pad extending member
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorBarry Lynn Baker
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Abstract
A pad extender for coupling a connector coupled to a conductor cable to a lug terminal member of a transformer. The pad extender includes a planar body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first axis. The pad extender further includes an elongated slot defined in the first portion of the planar body extending parallel to the first axis. The first portion is couplable to the lug terminal member via a first fastener extending through the slot. The planar body is slidable relative to the lug terminal member along a length of the elongated slot. The pad extender further includes a plurality of apertures defined in the second portion. The connector is couplable to the second portion via a second fastener extending through one of the apertures of the second portion.
Claims21
A pad extender for coupling a connector coupled to a conductor cable to a lug terminal member of a transformer, the pad extender comprising:
- a planar body including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first axis;
- an elongated slot defined in the first portion of the planar body extending parallel to the first axis, the first portion couplable to the lug terminal member via a first fastener extending through the elongated slot, the planar body slidable relative to the lug terminal member along a length of the elongated slot;
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- a plurality of apertures defined in the second portion, the connector couplable to the second portion via at least one second fastener extending through at least one of the apertures of the second portion.
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, the first portion having a first axis;
- an elongated slot defined in the first portion of the planar body, the slot extending parallel to the first axis;
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- a plurality of apertures defined in the second portion of the planar body.
A method of coupling a connector coupled to a conductor cable to a lug terminal member of a transformer, the method comprising:
- aligning an elongated slot defined in a first portion of a pad extender with a first aperture defined in the lug terminal member, the slot extending parallel to a first axis of the first portion;
- coupling the first portion of the pad extender to the lug terminal member;
- coupling the connector to a second portion of the pad extender;
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- adjusting a position of the pad extender by sliding the pad extender relative to the lug terminal member along a length of the elongated slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.