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US 9,038,966 B2Granted
Side-loading quadrant deadend clamp assembly
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsJason L. Bundren, Seydou Diop, Paul F. Zelazny
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Abstract
A clamp assembly includes a body member having a cable groove formed therein to receive a cable. A keeper is connected to the body member and has a lower surface adapted to engage the cable received in the cable groove. A biasing member is disposed between the keeper and the body member.
Claims18
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a body member;
- a cable groove with open longitudinal ends extending along a longitudinal axis and a bend of approximately 90 degrees formed in said body member to receive a cable;
- a keeper connected to said body member having a lower surface movable substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis between said ends to engage the cable received in said cable groove such that the received cable passes completely through said body member and said keeper;
- a fastener connecting said keeper to said body member;
- and
- a biasing member disposed on said fastener and passing through a fastener bore in said keeper, a first end of said biasing member directly engaging a nut disposed on said fastener in said keeper and a second end directly engaging said body member.
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A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a body member;
- a cable groove with open longitudinal ends extending along a longitudinal axis formed in said body member to receive a cable;
- a keeper having a lower surface movable substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis between said ends to engage the cable received in said cable groove such that the received cable passes completely through said body member and said keeper;
- a threaded fastener connecting said keeper to said body member;
- an internally threaded nut disposed in a chamber in said keeper receiving said fastener;
- and
- a biasing member disposed on said fastener and passing through a fastener opening in said keeper, a first end of said biasing member directly engaging said nut and a second end directly engaging said body member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.