Frameless damping spacer with close coil spring
AssigneeAluminum Company of America
InventorRonald G. Hawkins
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Abstract
A device for spacing overhead, parallel subconductors of a conductor bundle and for damping vibrations of the subconductors. The device comprises rigid, elongated arms pivotally connected to each other by a rigid means at one end of each arm, with the other end of each arm being radially spaced from the rigid means and provided with a clamp for attaching the arm to a subconductor. Resilient damping devices, such as close coil springs, are secured in the arms at a location adjacent the rigid means pivotally connecting the arms to each other.
Claims15
A frameless damping spacer for overhead conductors comprising at least two elongated, rigid, spacer arms pivotally connected to each other at one of their ends adjacent a central location of the spacer, rigid pin means pivotally connecting the one end of said arms to each other, conductor clamps respectively located at the other ends of said arms remote from said central location for connecting the arms to respective overhead conductors, with each conductor clamp having a groove for receiving one of the conductors, and resilient damping means resiliently connecting the arms together, said resilient damping means having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the spacer arms, and generally parallel to the axes of the grooves of the conductor clamps.
A frameless damping spacer for overhead conductors comprising at least two elongated, rigid spacer arms pivotally connected to each other adjacent a central location of the spacer, rigid means pivotally connecting the arms to each other at said central location, means located at the ends of said arms remote from said central location for connecting the arms to respective overhead conductors, and, a leaf spring extending between and resiliently connecting the arms together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.