Invention Grant
- Patent Title: All-angle ground clamps
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Application No.: US16006409Application Date: 2018-06-12
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Publication No.: US10230181B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Teri Lynn Krueger , Lawrence Gerard Bereswill
- Applicant: Hubbell Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CT Shelton
- Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Shelton
- Agency: Verrill Dana, LLP
- Agent John W. Powell
- Main IPC: H01R4/64
- IPC: H01R4/64 ; H01R11/24 ; H01R11/28 ; H01R11/26

Abstract:
An all-angle ground clamp comprising a clamp body. There is a clamping mechanism affixed to an upper portion of the clamp body and which is removably attached to an electric conductor to be grounded. There is a terminal member having a mount portion releasably affixed to the base portion of the clamp body and a connector portion connected to an electrical ground conductor. The clamp body is rotatable relative to the terminal member about the mount portion is in a released position and is fixed relative to the terminal member when the mount portion is in a secured position. There is an electrical shunt having a first end connected to the clamping mechanism and a second end connected to the base portion of the clamp body for establishing a parallel electric path between the clamping mechanism and the base portion of the clamp body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180358716A1 ALL-ANGLE GROUND CLAMPS Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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