Hinged clamp for spacer-damper
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsDaniel David Dobrinski, Peter Chan
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Abstract
A clamp for a spacer-damper includes a first jaw and a second jaw connected to the first jaw. The first jaw has a first clamping surface and a first aperture. The first aperture retains the fastener in an initial position and in a second position spaced latterly from said initial position. The second jaw has a second clamping surface and an open-ended second aperture. The second aperture receives the fastener in the second position. The first jaw may also include a keeper surface for receiving the fastener in an initial position, a keeper pocket for receiving the fastener in a second position and a keeper protrusion is positioned between the keeper surface and the keeper pocket.
Claims19
A clamp for a spacer-damper comprising:
- a first jaw having a first clamping surface and a first aperture for retaining a fastener in an initial position relative to the first jaw and in a second position relative to the first jaw spaced from said initial position in a direction different from the axial direction of said first aperture;
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- a second jaw connected to said first jaw having a second clamping surface and an open-ended second aperture for receiving the fastener in said second position, wherein a keeper surface receives the fastener in said initial position, a keeper pocket receives the fastener in said second position, and a keeper protrusion separates and protrudes above said keeper surface and said keeper pocket.
A clamp for a spacer-damper comprising:
- a first jaw having a first clamping surface, a first aperture for retaining a fastener, a keeper surface for receiving the fastener in an initial position, a keeper pocket for receiving the fastener in a second position, said second position spaced from said initial position in a direction different from the axial direction of said first aperture, and a keeper protrusion positioned between and protrudes above said keeper surface and said keeper pocket;
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- a second jaw connected to said first jaw having a second clamping surface and a second aperture for receiving the fastener in said second position.
A spacer-damper comprising:
- a plurality of arms;
- a plurality of clamps connected to said plurality of arms, wherein at least one of said plurality of clamps includes, a first jaw having a first hinge, a first arcuate clamping surface, an enclosed first aperture for retaining a fastener, a keeper surface for receiving the fastener in an initial position, a keeper pocket for receiving the fastener in a second position, said second position spaced from said initial position in a direction different from the axial direction of said first aperture, and a keeper protrusion separating and protruding above said keeper pocket and said keeper surface;
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- a second jaw connected to said first jaw having a second hinge pivotally connected to said first hinge, a second arcuate clamping surface, and an open-ended second aperture for receiving the fastener in said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.