Electrical connector assembly and method for connecting the same
First Claim
1. An electrical device adapted to be connected to a conductive member, said device comprisinga housing,a first member which is rotatably supported by said housing, which is fixed against movement in both directions axially of said housing, and which includes means for threadedly engaging the conductive member, anda second member which is supported by said housing and which includes an externally threaded portion extending from said housing and having therein a bore centered on an axis,said first member being supported by said second member for rotation about said axis and being fixed against movement axially of said second member.
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Abstract
An assembly comprising a tap plug having therein an axially fixed nut and including an externally threaded portion threaded into a cable connector lug, a bushing having therein an internally threaded bore, and a stud including an externally threaded first end threaded into the nut, and an externally threaded second end threaded into the bushing bore.
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26 Claims
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1. An electrical device adapted to be connected to a conductive member, said device comprising
a housing, a first member which is rotatably supported by said housing, which is fixed against movement in both directions axially of said housing, and which includes means for threadedly engaging the conductive member, and a second member which is supported by said housing and which includes an externally threaded portion extending from said housing and having therein a bore centered on an axis, said first member being supported by said second member for rotation about said axis and being fixed against movement axially of said second member.
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6. A method for connecting a first member to a second insulated, conductive member, said method comprising the steps of
providing a connector having therethrough an internally threaded first bore, a first member having therein an internally threaded second bore, a second insulated, conductive member including a housing, an externally threaded portion extending from said housing and having therein a third bore, and a nut which includes an internally threaded fourth bore aligned with said third bore and which is supported by said housing and is rotatable relative to said housing, and a stud having externally threaded first and second ends, threading said first end of said stud into said second bore, threading said externally threaded portion of said second member into said first bore, and threading said second end of said stud into said fourth bore.
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9. An electrical connector assembly comprising
a first insulated, conductive member adpated to be connected to a connector having therein an internally threaded first bore, said first member including an externally threaded portion which is adapted to be threaded into the first bore and which has therein a second bore, and a coupling member including a first portion which is coaxial with said externally threaded portion of said first member, which is externally threaded and which is adapted to be threaded into the first bore, and including a second portion housed in said second bore.
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14. A method for connecting an insulated, conductive member to a connector, said method comprising the steps of
providing a connector having therein an internally threaded first bore, a first insulated, conductive member including an externally threaded portion which is adapted to be threaded into said first bore and which has therein a second bore, and a coupling member including a first portion which is coaxial with said externally threaded portion of said first member, which is externally threaded, and which is adapted to be threaded into said first bore, and a second portion of said coupling member housed in said second bore, threading said first portion of said coupling member into said first bore until said externally threaded portion of said first member is aligned with said first bore, and rotating said coupling member to thread said externally threaded portion of said first member into said first bore.
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16. An electrical connector assembly comprising
a connector having therethrough an internally threaded first bore, a first member, and a second insulated, conductive member including a housing, an externally threaded portion of said second member threaded into said first bore, and a third member which is supported by said housing and is rotatable relative to said housing, which is fixed against movement in both directions axially of said housing, and which includes means for threadedly engaging said first member.
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18. An electrical device adapted to be connected to a conductive member, said device comprising
a housing, and a nut which is supported by said housing and is rotatable relative to said housing, which is fixed against movement in both directions axially of said housing, and which has therein an internally threaded bore adapted to be threadedly connected to the conductive member.
- 23. An electrical apparatus comprising a tap plug adapted to be connected to a conductive member, said tap plug including a housing, and a nut which is supported by said housing and is rotatable relative to said housing, which is fixed against movement in both directions axially of said housing, and which has therein an internally threaded bore adapted to be threadedly connected to the conductive member.
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