Electrical connector
AssigneeBridgeport Fittings, Inc.
InventorsKenneth M. Kiely, Lawrence J. Smith
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Abstract
By enabling two separate and independent flexible metal conduit and/or armored or metal clad cables to be secured to a single connector for being mounted directly to a single elongated rigid or solid electrical tubing/conduit, an easily manufactured and assembled connector is realized. A dual or duplex conduit/cable connector is constructed for receiving two separate and independent flexible metal conduits and/or armored or metal clad cables and enabling the two conduit/cables to be securely affixed to one end of the connector. The connector preferably incorporates a clamping bracket associated therewith to assure rapid and efficient assembly of the two flexible metal conduits and/or armored or metal clad cables to the duplex connector.
Claims16
An electrical connector comprising:
- A. a unitary, integrally formed body member having a first end and a second end;
- B. the first end of the body member comprising
- a. an enlarged portal for receiving and securely holding two separate and independent flexible metal conduits and/or armored or metal clad cables, and
- b. a wall member formed in the enlarged portal and extending into the first end of the body member for maintaining the two flexible metal conduits and/or armored or metal clad cables separately from each other in side to side adjacent relationship and electrically independent;
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- C. the second end of the body member constructed for being quickly and easily securely mounted to a solid or rigid metal tubing or conduit;
- whereby two separate and independent flexible metal conduits and/or armored or metal clad cables are quickly and easily securely combined for mounting with a solid or rigid metal tubing or conduit for enabling the electrical wires contained therein to be fed therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.