Stamp for ground bonding strap
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsMatthew Aaron Munn, Doug Klamm
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Abstract
A system and method forming a ground bonding strap. A length of cable is measured to determine a segment of cable to stamp to form a pair of connectors. The segment is heated. The segment is stamped to form the pair of connectors. The pair of connectors defining an indentation and a pair of receptacles disposed through the cable. The pair of receptacles being each adjacent to and separated by an indentation. The indentations being positioned to allow a user to cut between the pair of connectors to form a ground bonding strap of a length selected by the user.
Claims20
A stamp for a ground bonding strap, the stamp comprising:
- a heating element operable to heat a segment of a cable for stamping at intervals of a length of the cable;
- a die including a pair of teeth operable to stamp a first side of the segment to form a pair of connectors, the die including a first indentation tooth for forming an indentation separating the pair of connectors;
- a punch defining a pair of sockets operable to stamp a second side of the segment to form the pair of connectors, the sockets being operable to receive the teeth as pushed through the cable to form a pair of through holes within the pair of connectors, the punch including a second indentation tooth for forming the indentation separating the pair of connectors;
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- a hydraulic press connected to the punch and the die operable to press the punch and the die together at the heated segment of the cable to form the pair of connectors, the stamp forming a mold to shape the pair of connectors and define the indentation and the through holes.
A method of using a stamp for a ground bonding strap, the method comprising:
- providing a ground bonding stamp comprising:
- a heating element operable to heat a segment of a cable for stamping at intervals of a length of the cable;
- a die including a pair of teeth operable to stamp a first side of the segment to form a pair of connectors, the die including an indentation tooth for forming an indentation separating the pair of connectors;
- a punch defining a pair of sockets operable to stamp a second side of the segment to form the pair of connectors, the sockets being operable to receive the teeth as pushed through the cable to form a pair of through holes within the pair of connectors, the punch including the indentation tooth for forming the indentation separating the pair of connectors;
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- a hydraulic press connected to the punch and the die operable to press the punch and the die together at the heated segment of the cable to form the pair of connectors;
- heating, using the heating element, the segment of the cable;
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- stamping, using the hydraulic press connected to the punch and the die, the heated segment of the cable to form the pair of connectors for the segment, to form the indentation separating the pair of connectors, to form the pair of through holes within the pair of connectors, the stamp forming a mold to shape the pair of connectors and define the indentation and the though holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.