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US 7,029,293 B2Granted
Ground block connector
AssigneeExtreme Broadband Engineering, LLC
InventorsJay F. Shapson, Arthur Dyck
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Abstract
A ground block connector is provided by forming a slot in a protrusion of a housing for an electrical device. A compression bolt is screwed into a threaded hole in the protrusion into the slot, for captively retaining a U-shaped compression electrical contact in the slot, whereby movement of the screw in one direction moves the contact toward the bottom of the slot, for compressibly retaining an end of a ground wire between the bottom of the contact and bottom of the slot.
Claims23
A ground block connector comprising:
- a housing including an open slot, having a front, back, top, bottom, and opposing sides, and a threaded hole through said housing into said slot;
- a compression bolt screwed into said threaded hole for entry into said slot;
- a compression block electrical contact, said bolt, said housing, and said contact being configured for captively retaining said contact on said bolt within said slot, said screw can be turned in one direction for moving said contact upward, and in another direction for moving said contact downward to compress against and retain an electrically conductive end of a ground wire, or cable in the bottom of said slot, thereby grounding said housing;
- wherein said slot includes:
- a first narrow projection proximate the back of said slot, extending from one side between the bottom of said slot and an upper intermediate portion;
- a second narrow projection proximate the back of said slot, extending from another side between the bottom of said slot and said upper intermediate portion;
- said first and second narrow projections each having a relatively narrow width compared to the width of said slot;
- said upper intermediate portion of said slot being slightly longer than the height of said electrical contact, and having a wider width than said electrical contact, for permitting said electrical contact to be inserted into said slot above said first and second projections.
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