Hinged dead end

• US 3,274,654 A
• Filed: 08/04/1964
• Issued: 09/27/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Stephen P. Becker
• Original Assignee: Stephen P. Becker
• Inventors: Becker, Stephen P.
• Application Number:
  US04/387,387
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• US Class Current: 403/287
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 7/056 Dead-end clamps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3936 Pivoted part
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3956 Jaws locked together by cam, wedge, lever, or screw
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/51 including spaced, diverse connections

Claims

1. A DEAD END CONNECTOR FOR A TRANSMISSION CABLE INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BODY, A CABLE-RECEIVING LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL FORMED IN SAID BODY, A PRESSURE PAD, A FLANGE PROJECTING FROM SAID BODY, A SLOT PROVIDED IN SAID FLANGE, AN UNDERLYING FIRST CONTACT SURFACE AT THE FREE END OF SAID FLANGE, A HOOK MEMBER PROJECTING FROM SAID PRESSURE PAD AND THROUGH SAID SLOT, A SECOND CONTACT SURFACE FORMED ON SAID HOOK MEMBER ENGAGING SAID FIRST CONTACT SURFACE IN THE CLOSED POSITION OF SAID PRESSURE PAD, ONE OF SAID CONTACT SURFACES BEING ARCUATE AND THE OTHER OF SAID CONTACT SURFACES BEING POINTED FORMING A HINGED CONNECTION, AND FIRST AND SECOND COOPERATING COUPLING MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID PRESSURE PAD AND SAID BODY RESPECTIVELY WITH SAID CHANNEL BETWEEN SAID HINGED CONNECTION AND SAID SECOND COUPLING MEANS WHEREBY SAID PRESSURE PAD OVERLIES SAID CHANNEL WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND COUPLING MEANS ARE IN COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP.