Wedge dead end clamp assembly
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsDavid Joseph Shibilia, Paul Francis Zelazny
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Abstract
A clamp assembly includes a body having a base and first and second jaw guides extending outwardly from the base. A trough has first and second ends formed between the first and second jaw guides. First and second jaws are movably received in the trough for receiving a cable therebetween. The first jaw engages the first jaw guide. The second jaw engages the second jaw guide. The first jaw engages the second jaw such that the first and second jaws move together. A pin is disposed in the body proximal the first end of the trough. A spring has a first end connected to the pin and a second end connected to the second jaw to bias the first and second jaws toward the first end of the trough.
Claims20
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a body having a base;
- first and second jaw guides extending outwardly from said base;
- a trough having first and second ends formed between said first and second jaw guides;
- first and second jaws movably received in said trough for receiving a cable therebetween, said first jaw engaging said first jaw guide, said second jaw engaging said second jaw guide and said first jaw engaging said second jaw such that said first and second jaws move together;
- a pin disposed in said body proximal said first end of said trough;
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- a pull spring member having a first end connected to said pin and a second end connected to said second jaw to pull said first and second jaws toward said first end of said trough.
A clamp assembly comprising:
- a body having a base;
- first and second jaw guides extending outwardly from said base;
- a trough having first and second ends formed between said first and second jaw guides;
- first and second jaws movably received in said trough for receiving a cable therebetween, said first jaw engaging said first jaw guide, said second jaw engaging said second jaw guide and said first jaw engaging said second jaw such that said first and second jaws move together;
- a pin disposed in said body proximal said first end of said trough;
- a spring member having a first end connected to said pin and a second end connected to said second jaw to bias said first and second jaws toward said first end of said trough;
- a first slot is formed in said first jaw guide to receive a first fin of said first jaw and a second slot is formed in said second jaw guide to receive a second fin of said second jaw;
- at least one ball bearing connected to each of said first and second fins;
- each of said first and second fins having at least one opening therein to receive one of said at least one ball bearings;
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- an opening in each of said first and second jaw guides in communication with said first and second slots to pass said at least one ball bearings to said first and second slots.
A method of securing a cable with a clamp assembly, comprising the steps of
- connecting a first end of a spring member to a second jaw;
- positioning the second jaw and a first jaw in a trough of a body of the clamp assembly such that the first and second jaws are connected, the trough being formed by first and second jaw guides extending outwardly from a base of the body;
- disposing a pin through an opening in the second jaw guide;
- connecting a second end of the spring member to the pin to bias the first and second jaws toward a first end of the trough;
- positioning a cable between the first and second jaws;
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- moving the first and second jaws toward the first end of the trough to secure the cable to the clamp assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.