US 2018/0195539 A1Published application

Clamp Sensor Systems and Methods

AssigneeSensorlink Corporation

InventorsKelly R. Hefelfinger, Robert Pendergrass, Nathanial Roth

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Abstract

A clamp assembly comprises a base housing, an anchor member, at least one bracing member, an engaging member, and a clamp bolt. The anchor member supports the at least one brace member. The clamp bolt engages a threaded bore in the anchor member. When the at least one brace member is in an extended position, at least one set of brace teeth engages at least one set of base teeth to brace the at least one brace member against the base housing. When the at least one base member is braced against the base housing, axial rotation of the clamp bolt applies a clamp force on the engaging member to clamp the cable between the engaging member and the base housing.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A clamp assembly for use with a cable of an electrical distribution system comprising:

a base housing defining at least one set of base teeth and a base axis;
an anchor member defining a threaded bore, where the anchor member is supported for movement relative to along the base axis;
at least one brace member defining at least one set of brace teeth, where the anchor member supports the at least one brace member for movement along a direction lateral to the base axis;
an engaging member;
and
a clamp bolt that engages the threaded bore;
wherein
when the at least one brace member is in an extended position, the at least one set of brace teeth engages the at least one set of base teeth to brace the at least one brace member against the base housing;
and
when the at least one base member is braced against the base housing, axial rotation of the clamp bolt applies a clamp force on the engaging member to clamp the cable between the engaging member and the base housing.

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Application: 15/402,959Filed 10 Jan 2017
Published: 12 Jul 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

F16B 2/065
External, i.e. with contracting action: using screw-thread elements
F16B 2/12
External, i.e. with contracting action: using sliding jaws
F16B 21/065
Releasable fastening devices with snap-action: with an additional locking element
G01R 1/22
Modifications of basic electric elements for use in electric measuring instruments; Structural combinations of such elements with such…

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