Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John H. Pilarski, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6276947
    Abstract: A grounding clip having a generally U-shape spring clamp having first and second opposing walls extending from a curved base portion thereof, the first and second walls each having a leading edge portion opposite the curved base portion. The spring clamp is fastenable to a panel with the curved base portion disposed over the panel edge, the first wall of the spring clamp adjacent one side of the panel and the second wall thereof adjacent the other side of the panel. A wire fastening member, preferably the crimping type, extends from first wall of the spring clamp between the curved base portion of the spring clamp and the leading edge portion thereof. When the spring clamp is fastened to the panel, the wire fastening member and wire fastened thereto are adjacent the corresponding side of the panel and spaced apart from the panel edge, whereby only the curved base portion of the grounding clip protrudes beyond the panel edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works
    Inventors: Kent D. Homfeldt, Jeff Anderson, Joseph Clark