Panel-grounding contact
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1. A clip for grounding to a panel at an edge, comprising:
- a body section defining a panel-connecting section having a deep U-shaped panel-receiving channel for receiving a panel in a panel mounting direction between walls that include opposed pairs of teeth extending toward a channel bottom, said opposed pairs of teeth being staggered inwardly from an entrance to said channel, said teeth being sharply pointed to establish an assured grounding connection with a panel by scraping away corrosion layers thereon; and
a wire-connecting section extending from said panel-connecting section in a direction parallel to the panel mounting direction for minimizing torque on said clip from strain on a wire connected to the clip at said wire-connecting section.
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Abstract
A panel-grounding contact (10) includes a wire-connecting section (14) and a panel-connecting section (12) having a deep U-shaped channel (46) between walls (30,42,44) that include opposed pairs of teeth (50,58) extending toward the channel bottom (54) and staggered inwardly from the channel entrance (48), with the points of the teeth (50,58) adapted to scrape away corrosion layers of a conductive panel (70) during mounting of the grounding clip onto an edge thereof as well as to secure the contact (10) on the panel. The wire-connecting section (14) extends orthogonally with respect to the panel edge after mounting of the clip onto the panel.
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11 Claims
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1. A clip for grounding to a panel at an edge, comprising:
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a body section defining a panel-connecting section having a deep U-shaped panel-receiving channel for receiving a panel in a panel mounting direction between walls that include opposed pairs of teeth extending toward a channel bottom, said opposed pairs of teeth being staggered inwardly from an entrance to said channel, said teeth being sharply pointed to establish an assured grounding connection with a panel by scraping away corrosion layers thereon; and a wire-connecting section extending from said panel-connecting section in a direction parallel to the panel mounting direction for minimizing torque on said clip from strain on a wire connected to the clip at said wire-connecting section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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