Abstract: An apparatus for securely clamping items having various shapes and sizes for placing items into direct electrical contact, the apparatus including a reference member, a receiving cavity therein and having a pair of mounting flanges extending outward therefrom. A worm gear member, rotatably mounted on the reference member is meshed with a pivoting member, having a gear portion, a contoured engaging surface and a hooking tab. Rotation of the worm gear member selectively pivots the pivoting member away from the reference member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 1989
Date of Patent:
January 22, 1991
Assignee:
The Richards-Braswell Research Corporation