Conduit clamp for strut channel
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsSagar Ashok Patil, Zhihui Zhang
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Abstract
A conduit clamp includes a first coupling component configured for attachment to a first attachment structure of a strut channel and a second coupling component different from the first coupling component and configured for attachment to a second attachment structure of a strut channel.
Claims11
A conduit clamp for mounting a conduit on a strut channel having a first side defining an open channel and a second side defining a groove, the conduit clamp comprising:
- first and second jaws configured to be coupled to one another by a fastener capable of coupling the first and second jaws to one another, each of the first and second jaws comprising:
- a conduit engaging portion having opposite first and second longitudinal ends and configured to at least partially surround the conduit on the strut channel;
- a first coupling component at the first longitudinal end of the conduit engaging portion configured to attach to the strut channel within the open channel of the strut channel, the first coupling component defining a first fastener opening extending therethrough and being sized and shaped to receive the fastener, wherein the first coupling component includes a J-hook fitting;
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- a second coupling component, different from the first coupling component, at the second longitudinal end of the conduit engaging portion configured to attach to the strut channel within the groove of the strut channel, the second coupling component defining a second fastener opening extending therethrough and being sized and shaped to receive the fastener, wherein the second coupling component includes a dovetail-shaped fitting,
- wherein the J-hook fitting of each of the first and second jaws comprises first and second J-hook fittings, wherein the first and second J-hook fittings extend outward from respective opposite sides of the first longitudinal end of the corresponding conduit engaging portion, wherein the dovetail shaped fitting of each of the first and second jaws extends outward from opposite sides of the second longitudinal end of the corresponding conduit engaging portion.
A jaw for a conduit clamp for mounting a conduit on a strut channel having a first side defining an open channel and a second side defining a groove, the jaw comprising:
- a conduit engaging portion having opposite first and second longitudinal ends and configured to at least partially surround the conduit on the strut channel;
- a first coupling component at the first longitudinal end of the conduit engaging portion configured to attach to the strut channel within the open channel of the strut channel, the first coupling component defining a first fastener opening extending therethrough and being sized and shaped to receive a fastener capable of attaching the jaw to a second jaw, wherein the first coupling component includes a J-hook fitting;
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- a second coupling component, different from the first coupling component, at the second longitudinal end of the conduit engaging portion configured to attach to the strut channel within the groove of the strut channel, the second coupling component defining a second fastener opening extending therethrough and being sized and shaped to receive the fastener capable of attaching the jaw to the second jaw, wherein the second coupling component includes a dovetail-shaped fitting,
- wherein the J-hook fitting comprises first and second J-hook fittings, wherein the first and second J-hook fittings extend outward from respective opposite sides of the first longitudinal end of the conduit engaging portion, wherein the dovetail shaped fitting extends outward from opposite sides of the second longitudinal end of the conduit engaging portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.