Strain dead end clamp
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorNnamdi Gabriel OKAFOR
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Abstract
A clamp including a body, a retaining portion of the body, the retaining portion including a cavity with at least one cavity engagement mechanism and a plurality of holes, a conductor groove extending through the body to the cavity, a keeper removably positioned within the cavity, the keeper including at least one keeper engagement mechanism configured to engage with the at least one cavity engagement mechanism, and a plurality of fasteners for extending into the plurality of holes and securing the keeper in the cavity.
Claims23
A clamp, comprising:
- a body;
- a retaining portion of the body, the retaining portion including a cavity with at least one cavity engagement mechanism and a plurality of holes;
- a conductor groove extending through the body to the cavity;
- a keeper removably positioned within the cavity, the keeper including at least one keeper engagement mechanism configured to engage with the at least one cavity engagement mechanism;
- and
- a plurality of fasteners for extending into the plurality of holes and securing the keeper in the cavity.
A clamp, comprising:
- a body;
- a retaining portion of the body, the retaining portion including a cavity with a plurality of holes for receiving fasteners;
- a conductor groove extending through the body to the cavity;
- a keeper configured to engage at least partially within the cavity;
- at least one slot in a sidewall of the cavity or a sidewall of the keeper;
- and
- at least one tab extending from the sidewall of the cavity or the sidewall of the keeper;
- wherein the at least one tab is configured to engage within the at least one slot.
A method of clamping an elongated element, comprising steps of:
- extending the elongated element through a conductor groove of a clamp and into a cavity of a body of the clamp, the clamp comprising a retaining portion including the cavity with at least one cavity engagement mechanism and a plurality of holes, the conductor groove extending through the body to the cavity, and a keeper configured to engage at least partially within the cavity, the keeper including at least one keeper engagement mechanism configured to engage with the at least one cavity engagement mechanism;
- positioning the keeper over the elongated element in the cavity with the at least one keeper engagement mechanism engaged with the at least one cavity engagement mechanism;
- and
- securing the keeper in the cavity with a plurality of fasteners extending into the plurality of holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.