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US 6,388,216 B1Granted
Terminal wire clamp
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsCraig Joseph Puhalla, David Curtis Turner, Roger William Helms
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Abstract
A terminal wire clamp is provided with a fastener and a connection plate, in which the connection plate has a connection surface that is formed with a retention channel, and in which the retention channel is structured to receive a wire therein and resist movement of the wire after the wire has electrically conductively engaged a conductor. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims.
Claims13
A terminal wire clamp structured to electrically conductively engage a wire with a conductor, the terminal wire clamp comprising:
- a fastener;
- a connection plate;
- the fastener and the connection plate being cooperable with one another to electrically conductively engage the wire with the conductor;
- the connection plate having a connection surface;
- the connection surface including a first retention channel formed into the connection plate;
- the connection surface being structured to engage the wire and at least partially receive the wire in the first retention channel, the first retention channel being structured to resist movement of the wire when the connection plate engages the wire with the conductor;
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- the connection plate includes an engagement member having a primary portion and a first connection plate includes an engagement member having a primary portion and a first rib, the primary portion including a substantially planar primary surface, and the first rib including an elongated first rib surface, the first rib surface protruding outwardly from the primary surface and extending at least partially in a direction non-parallel with the first retention channel, the connection surface including the primary surface and the first rib surface, the first retention channel being formed into the first rib.
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A circuit breaker comprising:
- a line conductor;
- a load conductor;
- an operating mechanism operatively interposed between the first and second conductors;
- and
- a terminal wire clamp structured to electrically conductively engage a wire with one of the lines and load conductors;
- the terminal wire clamp including a fastener and a connection plate that are cooperable with one another;
- the connection plate having a connection surface including a first retention channel formed into the connection plate;
- the connection surface being structured to engage the wire and at least partially receive the wire in the first retention channel, the first retention channel being structured to resist movement of the wire when the connection plate engages the wire with the one of the line and load conductors;
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- the connection plate includes an engagement member having a primary portion and a first rib, the primary portion including a substantially planar primary surface, and the first rib including an elongated first rib surface, the first rib surface protruding outwardly form the primary surface and extending at least partially in a direction non-parallel with the first retention channel, the connection surface including the primary surface and the first rib surface, the first retention channel being formed into the first rib.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.