Abstract: A grounding clamp for grounding a ground wire to a grounding rod includes a strap, a segment of which is to be looped around the grounding rod and secured and connected electrically to the grounding rod by a stud having a head for passing through a selected one of a plurality of slots in the strap, spaced along the length of the strap, and a screw-threaded end for passing through a hole in a confronting portion of the looped segment of the strap for engagement by a nut which may be operated to draw the stud in a direction tending to close the looped segment, the head including an opening for receiving the ground wire outside the looped segment such that upon operating the nut to draw the stud in the direction tending to close the looped segment, the ground wire will be clamped against the strap in direct electrical contact with the strap.

Abstract: A cable shield grounding clamp connector includes an outer plate for seating upon the insulating jacket of a shielded electrical cable and an inner plate for interposition between the inner core of insulated conductors of the cable and the shield of the cable, the outer plate being curved to conform to the outer diameter of the cable and the inner plate being resiliently deflectable relative to the outer plate so as to be urged toward conformance with the curvature of the outer plate upon clamping of the jacket and the shield between the outer plate and the inner plate, the inner plate having sharp-edged teeth arranged in longitudinal rows along laterally opposite edges of the inner plate for scraping away a corrosion-inhibiting coating on the shield in response to deflection of the inner plate to expose the shield for direct electrical contact between the inner plate and the shield.