Wire securing block
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Whipple, Melvin A. Carrodus
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing a wire with a longitudinal axis includes a glass filled polyester base having a recess for housing a segment of the wire therein; and a glass filled polyester cover for at least partially covering the segment within the recess, the cover having a resilient finger which is generally transverse to the segment, the segment being generally deformed about the resilient finger within the recess in order that tension on the wire along the longitudinal axis flexes the resilient finger which, in turn, forces a portion of the segment against a side of the recess in order to secure the segment therein. The wires may have a polytetrafluoroethylene insulation.
Claims23
An apparatus for securing a wire having a longitudinal axis, said apparatus comprising:
- base means having a recess with a side, the recess for housing a segment of said wire therein;
- and
- cover means for at least partially coveting the segment within the recess, said cover means having resilient finger means being generally transverse to the segment, the segment being generally deformed about the resilient finger means within the recess in order that tension on said wire along the longitudinal axis flexes the resilient finger means which, in turn, forces a portion of the segment against the side of the recess in order to secure the segment therein.
An electrical switching apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- separable contact means enclosed within said housing;
- operating means for selectively switching said separable contact means;
- attachment means cooperating with said operating means, said attachment means having at least one wire with a longitudinal axis, the wire extending outside of said housing;
- and
- holding means for holding the wire, said holding means including:
- base means having a recess with a side, the recess for housing a segment of the wire therein;
- and
- cover means for at least partially covering the segment within the recess, said cover means having resilient finger means being generally transverse to the segment, the segment being generally deformed about the resilient finger means within the recess in order that tension on the wire along the longitudinal axis flexes the resilient finger means which, in turn, forces a portion of the segment against the side of the recess in order to secure the segment therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.