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US 2020/0091626 A1Published application
Terminal wire clamp
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsWilliam Ramon Valentin, Joseph Nicholas Cretella
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Abstract
A terminal wire clamp including a body, an aperture defined by the body, and a first tab. The body has a front face, a back face opposite to the front face, and a side edge. The first tab extends from the side edge in a first direction outside of a plane defined by the body.
Claims20
A terminal wire clamp comprising:
- a body having a front face, a back face opposite to the front face, and a side edge, the body defining a first plane;
- a first tab extending from the side edge, the first tab extending out of the first plane in a first direction;
- a second tab extending from the side edge, the second tab extending out of the first plane in a second direction that is different than the first direction;
- and
- a hook extending from the body in the first direction;
- wherein the second tab is directly adjacent to the first tab along the side edge.
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An electrical device comprising:
- a housing;
- a terminal configured to electrically connect to a conductor;
- and
- a clamp configured to electrically couple the conductor to the terminal, the clamp including
- a body defining a plane and having a front face, a back face opposite of the front face, and a side edge,
- a first tab extending from the side edge and out of the plane in a first direction,
- a second tab directly adjacent to the first tab along the side edge and extending out of the plane in a second direction different than the first direction, and
- a hook extending from the plane, wherein the hook is configured to be received in an aperture defined by the housing to inhibit rotation of the clamp.
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A method of manufacturing a terminal wire clamp, the method comprising:
- providing a body of the terminal wire clamp, the body defining a plane;
- cutting a first tab from the body;
- bending the first tab outside of the plane in a first direction;
- cutting a second tab from the body, the second tab located directly adjacent to the first tab;
- bending the second tab outside of the plane in a second direction that is different than the first direction;
- cutting a hook from the body;
- and
- bending the hook in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.