Abstract: An insulating support of a junction box, which enables the so-called cross wiring and secures an insulating performance without changing an external form of the insulating support so as to use a space for disposing the insulating support efficiently, is provided. The insulating support for wiring wires thereon of a junction box provided between a power supply and electric loads includes a pair of ribs 10 formed on the insulating support 11 for holding a first wire 17 and a second wire 16 therebetween, wherein the first wire 17 laid between tops 12 of a pair of the ribs 10 is held crossing over the second wire 16 disposed between a pair of the ribs 10.

Abstract: A cable support apparatus. In one embodiment, the cable support apparatus includes a body portion that has a first cable retainer at one end and a second cable retainer at another end. In another embodiment, third and fourth cable retainers are on the body of the apparatus and serve to support a third cable in a desired orientation.

Abstract: A device for connection between the ends of tubes (2) protecting one or more cables (9) and a box (4), has a flexible sheath (3) that makes it possible, at the exit from the tubes (2), to connect the cables (9) coming from the tubes (2) to the box in providing for the protection of the said cables (9) and enabling the moving away of the box (4) to be accessed.

Abstract: A protective cover has a body in which an electrical wire connection part of a battery connection terminal is installed and a cover piece covering a clamping part of the terminal and hinged to the body. The cover piece contains a pair of elastically deformable locking arms extending vertically. The body has receiving portions locking lip portions of the locking arms thereto when the cover piece is closed. The locking arms are protected inside the cover piece and are sufficiently flexible to reduce risk of breakage on repeated opening and closing.

Abstract: The invention related to a device (2) to set up an electrically conducting contact, and in particular, of an elongated, illustratively, a substantially cylindrical body, for instance a pipe or a cable, and comprises a base structure (4) to rest against the body (42) to be contacted and a contact element (40) held at a side of the base structure (4) which in the assembly position faces the body (42) to be contacted, this contact element implementing an electrically conducting connection with the body (42) to be contacted. The invention provides adjusting means to adjust the position of the contact element (40) relative to the edges of the base structure (4). The invention reliably precludes, at manufacture of the device (2), that there will be slippage of, or projection by the contact element (40) beyond the edge of the base structure (4) when the contact element (40) is affixed to the base structure (4). This feature simplifies manufacture and saves the time and costs of refinishing work.

Abstract: A line guiding arrangement for supporting one or more energy lines or conduits, which includes two substantially parallel strands (2,3) of plastic. Each strand (2,3) is subdivided by transverse separations (5) to form the strand into flexibly interconnected segments (4). The transverse separations (5) extend transverse to the longitudinal direction of the strand (2,3), and they are formed at selected intervals between one another. The transverse separations (5) extend in a side wall portion (6) to the vicinity of a support wall portion (7). At selected intervals, the segments (4) are interconnected by crossbars (8,9), with the segments (4) and the crossbars (8,9) defining a guide channel (10) for running at least one energy line.

Abstract: A handle arrangement for an ambulatory electrical machine is provided. The handle arrangement includes a housing adapted for movement on a surface. A handle is connected to the housing. The handle includes a casing defining a cavity therein. A switch is mounted on the handle. An electrical cord extends through the cavity and attaches at one end to the switch. A strain relief member is mounted in the cavity. The strain relief member includes a sinuous channel defined therein for accommodating the electrical cord.

Abstract: A wiring base made from an electrical insulating material and having a plurality of wing sections radially protruding against the central axis thereof functioning as a rotation axis in a wiring work with electric wire grooves each for accommodating therein an electric wire provided in the substantially concentric form, a wire-wound member production method, wire-wound member, and an electrical connection box using the wire-wound member therein.

Abstract: A cable system is made up of several cables each having several wires extending side-by-side. The wires in each cable are retained together in a flat configuration by removable clips and these are retained together in frames. The clips at the end of the cables support the wires so that they can all be stripped and attached to connector contacts together.

Abstract: A wiring harness bending mechanism is provided, which includes: a wiring harness; and first and second link arms each having a tubular portion to put the wiring harness therethrough, wherein a pair of convexities are formed on the first link arm and a pair of concavities to engage the convexities are formed on the second link arm. The first link arm is formed of a pair of first divided link arms connected with a hinge portion and each having a convexity, and the second link arm is formed of a pair of second divided link arms connected with a hinge portion and each having a concavity. A plate portion is provided projectingly from each of the tubular portions, and the pair of convexities are arranged on one end side of one plate portion and the pair of concavities are arranged on one end side of the other plate portion. A fixing portion is provided on each of the other end sides of the respective plate portions for mounting the first and second link arms.

Abstract: A guy-wire guard support apparatus prevents personal injury or damage resulting from climbing or playing on guy wires by causing the guard to spin freely upon contact. The apparatus consists of a collar-like component and a cup-like component both of which contain a free-wheeling element such as ball bearings. By mounting or seating a guard upon or within at least one of each component, the guard can easily spin about its axis, thereby hindering attempts to grasp or stand on it. Another embodiment consists of multiple collars attached to the wire and circular shoulders inside the guard resting on rollers in the top of each collars.

Abstract: A device is provided for securing a flat object to a carrier plate. The device includes a base plate with a pair of spaced apart end sections, and a middle section extending between the end sections. A pair of upwardly protruding extensions each has a lower end attached to the middle section of the base, and an upper end spaced therefrom. The extensions are spaced apart by a distance and are elastic such that the upper ends may be pushed apart. A bridge extends between the upper ends of the extension. The bridge has a pair of spaced apart ends interconnected with the upper ends of the extension and a midportion therebetween. The bridge has a total length greater than the length the distance between the extensions. The bridge has a disengaged position wherein the midportion is spaced from the middle section of the base plate and the upper ends of the extension are not pushed apart.

Abstract: A self powered spherical marker is mounted on a power line by extending the line though opposite openings in the marker. There are two sets of opposite openings to allow the marker to be oriented so that solar cells mounted on the exterior of the marker face a southernly direction. A battery inside the marker is maintained in a charged condition by the solar cells and power led lights that flash intermittently so as to draw attention to the marker. Two halves of the marker are secured together by pin-latch fasteners that are placed around shoulders extending around the periphery of the marker.

Abstract: An electrical box assembly includes an electrical box, a ground strap and a connecting member extending between adjacent ground straps. The electrical box includes coupling members on opposite end walls. The coupling members include a pair of opposing coupling tabs for engaging the ground strap. The ground strap includes coupling tabs formed on each side of the ground strap for wedging between the tabs of the coupling members to secure the ground strap to the electrical box by an interference fit. A connecting member can be clamped between the ground straps and the bottom wall of the electrical box to provide electrical connection between each of the ground straps.

Abstract: A retention device for the installation of cabling includes a bottom surface for connecting the retention device to a support structure, and a top surface which is integrally connected to the bottom surface at a distance therefrom by an aft surface. The top surface includes at least two cable gripping members which define a passage for selectively housing the cable clusters. The gripping member is defined by a distal edge, a proximal edge and a structural area connecting them. The passage is defined by the distal edge and proximal edge of the adjacent gripping members and an aft edge of the aft surface. The aft edge engages the top surface in an off-set manner sufficiently large to generate clearance for, and reduce bending tension of, cable clusters which engage the retention device during installation. The gripping member further includes a forward end extension, integrally connected to the structural area of the gripping members.

Abstract: A routed part protector for protecting cables, wires, hoses, tubing and the like having a closed slot extending to a central aperture for inserting routed parts to be maintained in the aperture forming an assembly. The assembly can be attached to a vehicle trim panel by double-sided tape or other mechanical means or inserted into a ditch in a vehicle floorboard. The protector has a trapezoidal cross section body whereby the side walls can be deformed to open the slot to permit the routed parts to pass through when assembling the protector to a wire harness. The tape or the ditch then prevents the slot from opening.

Abstract: A device for providing microbending and bend radius protection for cables in a cable distribution or management system. The device includes an arcuate member of radius greater than or equal to the minimum bend radius of a prescribed cable, a plurality of flanges disposed on the arcuate member perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the arcuate member, a quarter turn fastener, an opening for receiving the quarter turn fastener, a plurality of protuberances, and a plurality of recesses for receiving the protuberances.

Abstract: A fan wire collection structure includes a base, a rise portion formed on the base, at least one flank supports each connecting to one side of the base, and at least one stop boards each connecting to one of the flank supports integrally, wherein wires are twisted in a space defined by the base, the rise portion, the at least one flank supports, and the at least one stop boards.

Abstract: A one-piece, flexible conduit connector for connecting an electrical conduit having a helically grooved outer metal sheath to an electrical junction box, the connector being generally cylindrical to conform roughly with the sheath of the conduit and having a central opening through which insulated wires extend from said conduit, an anti-short flange being formed by hemming the central opening, inwardly projecting barbs being formed on the walls of the connector to engage the conduit and the outer diameter of the connector being of appropriate size for insertion into the junction box wall opening.

Abstract: A circuit board protection system includes a circuit board including at least one edge, an enclosure used to encapsulate the edge, and a seal. The seal encapsulates the edge and prevents liquid from contacting the edge. Accordingly, the circuit board is protected from liquid infiltration at the edge of the board. Additionally, a method for protecting a circuit board, including at least one edge, in a board enclosure includes applying encapsulating material to at least one of the board enclosure and the edge, and positioning the circuit board in the enclosure such that the edge is encapsulated.

Abstract: A cable protector that includes a main portion for holding a first cable having a relatively large diameter size and an auxiliary portion formed adjacently to the main portion for holding a plurality of second cables each having a relatively small diameter size side by side in the vertical direction. The auxiliary portion is composed of a plurality of hold stays each having an L-shaped section and formed at proper intervals on the outer surface of the side wall forming the main portion in such a manner that the hold stays extend along the longitudinal direction of the protector main body. In the auxiliary portion, on the outer surface of the side wall, a plurality of removal preventive projections are arranged at a cross-stitch stage pitch between the plurality of hold stays. One second cable can be held in a three-point-support manner or a in a bolt manner, which can prevent the only one second cable from trashing in the protector main body due to vibrations.

Abstract: A protective cover that fits with battery terminals of different sizes includes a main body 11 having a side wall 12A capable of being opened or closed via hinges 13, a battery terminal being inserted from the side when the side wall 12A is in an open state. A position fixing member 14 that houses a clamping ring of a clamping member is made from a pair of surrounding walls 26A and 26B which protrude outwards from the side wall 12A and a side wall 12B. Resilient movable members 40A and 40B are formed out of the surrounding walls 26A and 26B, these members 40A and 40B protruding inwards. The clamping ring of the smaller battery terminal is supported by arc shaped receiving faces 41A and 41B of the resilient movable members 40A and 40B, and the clamping ring of the larger battery terminal is supported by the receiving faces 41A and 41B of the resilient movable members 40A and 40B which have been bent outwards, and by receiving faces 27A and 27B of the surrounding walls 26A and 26B.

Abstract: A device for limiting the bending of a cable includes a body made of polymeric material for housing a portion of the cable connected to a joining element and includes at least two rigid elements incorporated in the body and defining spacing elements in the radial direction for the portion of cable, these rigid elements having a substantially annular shape and different diameters and being mechanically independent of one another.

Abstract: A remote power inlet arrangement for use with a portable generator having a power outlet, for providing auxiliary power to the main electrical panel or load center of a building. The power inlet arrangement includes a power inlet which is secured inside a power inlet enclosure. An electrical cord is selectively engageable at one end to the power inlet. The electrical cord has a plug at a second end which can be engaged with the power outlet of the portable generator. The electrical cord is stored inside the power inlet enclosure when not in use. A door having a peripheral resilient seal is attached to the power inlet enclosure to provide a weathertight seal when the door is in a closed position. A securing mechanism is provided to maintain the door in its closed position.

Abstract: A power electronics chassis (10) for electric vehicles and other applications that use liquid coolant to cool power electronic devices (20) contained within the chassis. The chassis (10) includes an electrically conductive housing (12) and an electrically non-conductive manifold (16) that permits coolant flow into and out of the housing. The housing (12) has at least one wall (34) that includes an outer surface (42) and a pair of recessed apertures (36,72), each of which provide access to an interior region (38) of the housing (12) via a passageway (40,74). The manifold (16) has an inlet (26) and an outlet (28), each of which has a connecting tube (54,80) that extends through one of the passageways (40,74). Each passageway (40,74) is defined by an axial wall (44,78) of the housing (12) that extends towards the interior region (38) from the outer surface (42) to its respective aperture.

Abstract: A recessed handle for a support member, e.g., a rear plate of an electrical equipment cabinet, includes a depression in one surface of the member and a rod extending across the depression inwardly of the surface but above the bottom surface of the depression.

Abstract: A two-part system for attaching a gauge housing assembly to an armored insulated electrical conductor includes a hollow molded connector. The hollow molded connector is molded around the armored insulated electrical conductor and the gauge housing: A seal is formed between the hollow molded connector and the insulation portion of the insulated electrical conductor. Surrounding the hollow molded connector and the gauge housing assembly is a hollow outer sleeve which is swaged to compressively engage the hollow molded connector in the end of the gauge housing assembly.

Abstract: An integral or unitary cable support comprising a generally V-shaped base for mounting on an appropriate structural member, a flexible strap integrally formed with the base and extending from one side of said generally V-shaped base, the flexible strap having a base end attached to the base and an outer surface that includes a series of transverse teeth that engage a similarly shaped and angled tooth located in a slot in a flange extending from the opposite side of said generally V-shaped base such that the teeth on the flexible strap engage the tooth in the slot when the distal end of the flexible strap is inserted into the slot to form an enclosed area between the flexible strap and the generally V-shaped base.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable guide (1) for guiding cables or lines in a guide channel (3a), having a continuous, elongated sliding strip (2), which can be arranged to form a lower strand, a deflection zone and an upper strand guided on the lower strand in sliding fashion, where one end of the cable guide can be connected to a stationary unit and the other end to a reciprocating unit. In order to design a cable guide which can be put to flexible use with regard to the cables to be guided, it is proposed that the guide channel (3a) be constructed of numerous guide links (3) which can pivot relative to one another and which are arranged on the side of the sliding strip (2) facing away from the opposite strand and mounted on the sliding strip (2) in detachable fashion. In one configuration, the guide links (3) are provided with stops (21) to limit the pivoting angle of adjacent sections of the sliding strip (2), also limiting the movement of the guide links (3) perpendicular to their pivoting plane. (FIG.

Abstract: A seal is provided for sealing an aperture in an object through which aperture one or more elongate articles extends. The seal includes a first support member having at least one longitudinally extending channel adapted to accommodate and support an elongate article. A second support member is longitudinally spaced from the first support member. The second support member has at least one longitudinally extending channel corresponding to that of the first support member and a sealing member is positioned between the first and second support members. An elongate article may thus be accommodated within the longitudinal extending channel of the first support member so as to extend through the corresponding channel on the second support member while deforming sealing member.

Abstract: The safety strap comprises a first strap portion and a second strap portion and two spaced projections extending upwardly from the safety strap for being received around and fixed to an electrical cord by one of an adhesive or a heat sealing, and the strap portions having mating releasable fastening structure thereon.

Abstract: A coupling (1) has a coupling receiver (2) and a coupling counterpart (3) connectable with it, which in the coupling position is held in a receiver depression (6) of the coupling receiver. The receiver depression (6) is arranged in a layer stack (4) with at least two layers (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e). Proceeding from the flat surface of the layer stack (4) bordering upon the recess depression (6) to the interior of the receiver depression (6), the lateral boundary wall of the recess depression (6) has at least one cutback, which is formed by a receding layer (5a, 5c) or a receding layer area. The coupling counterpart (3) has at least one lateral guide and/or locking projection (9a, 9b), which engages into a cutback (8a, 8b) of the component (2) in the coupling position.

Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a bracket member and a cable guide member fastened to the bracket member. The bracket member includes a stem portion and a body portion for fastening to a cabinet for housing a plurality of electronic modules. The cable guide member includes a flange portion and a shelf portion having a surface. The flange portion is angled with respect to the surface of the shelf portion to allow a plurality of cables to contact the surface of the shelf portion to route the plurality of cables within the cabinet.

Abstract: A clamp that is locked to a body panel by inserting a flexible locking blade portion thereof into an installing hole and utilizing a return of the locking blade portion to an original state thereof when the locking blade portion exceeds the installing hole. The clamp comprises a resinous material having Rockwell hardness at 100 or more and 150 or less and molded by one-piece molding. When the clamp fits on the body panel, a fit-on sound and consciousness of a return of the locking blade portion to the original state are generated. In the clamp, an increase of an insertion force that is generated by increasing a hardness of the clamp is offset by increasing a height of a projection portion with respect to a substrate portion and decreasing an angle of the locking blade portion formed by turning down a front end of the projection portion to decrease a projection amount of the locking blade portion in a lateral direction thereof.

Abstract: A wire winding box of a replaceable connecting receptacle includes a wire winding box and a replaceable connecting receptacle. In the wire winding box, a rotary disk with a built-in spiral spring causes the wire on the rotary disk to be sustained in an elastic rewinding state. The wire controlled by the spiral spring within the wire winding device is connected to a universal plug having a unified type of audio/video signal terminal. One end of the connecting plug is an universal receptacle portion capable of being inserted an universal plug, while another end is a signal input/output portion of various type and signal input mode, such as a communication plug, an earphone, a mobile phone hand-free receiver, a USB, an ADSL connectors. Therefore, only one wire winding device matching with various replaceable connecting receptacle of various type, different communication, video/audio or computer and other electronic devices.

Abstract: A wire winding box of a replaceable connecting receptacle includes a wire winding box and a replaceable connecting receptacle. In the wire winding box, a rotary disk with a built-in spiral spring causes the wire on the rotary disk to be sustained in an elastic rewinding state. The wire controlled by the spiral spring within the wire winding device is connected to a universal plug having a unified type of audio/video signal terminal. One end of the connecting plug is an universal receptacle portion capable of being inserted an universal plug, while another end is a signal input/output portion of various type and signal input mode, such as a communication plug, an earphone, a mobile phone hand-free receiver, a USB, an ADSL connectors. Therefore, only one wire winding device matching with various replaceable connecting receptacle of various type, different communication, video/audio or computer and other electronic devices.

Abstract: A ground clamp for connecting an edge portion of the metallic enclosure of an electrical meter box with a ground conductor. The ground clamp includes a U-shaped clamp member, a bolt member, and means for mounting the ground conductor. First and second legs of the clamp member define a slot and a pair of openings in the first leg form a center segment which separates a pair of fingers. The edge portion of the meter box enclosure is resiliently clamped within the slot between the fingers and the second leg. The center segment includes a socket having an inner surface, at least a portion of which has a thread. The bolt member has a stud portion and a bolt head portion, the stud portion including a threaded segment disposed proximate the distal end and an unthreaded shaft segment disposed intermediate the threaded segment and the bolt head portion. At least one protrusion extends axially from the distal end of the bolt member to a sharp edge.

Abstract: A clip (30) grips the shields (24) of each of a plurality of cables to hold the front ends of the cables relative to connector contacts (12) and to ground the shields to a shell (16) of the connector. The clip includes a main part (40) that has been bent into a plurality of loops of about 220° each, with alternate loops opening upward and downward. The shields can be installed in the loops by pressing them into the loops, with the opposite sides of the loops resiliently spreading apart as the shield is installed and then closing around it. The loops have holes (80) that permit inspection of the shield at the side of the cable that would otherwise be hidden. A wire (32) that connects the clip to the connector shell, has a wire inner end (82) that extends across a hole, with a quantity of solder (84) soldering the wire to the clip and soldering the wire to a cable shield.

Abstract: This invention relates to a connector for a decorative light string hanging on an outdoor umbrella, which can be fixed on the umbrella shaft easily. The main electric wire and the end wires of the decorative light string are able to be leaded and connected from a plurality of grooves formed on the connector and able to be wound with a related rib of the umbrella frame and prevented from chaos of wound electric wires.

Abstract: A cable retainer made of plastics and being useable for vehicles having a vehicle body is disclosed. The cable retainer has a hollow shank adopted to be inserted into a hole of the vehicle body. The shank has at least one outer engagement portion which is radially deformable and grips behind an edge of the hole if the shank is inserted into the hole. The shank is adapted to be pushed onto a stud of the vehicle body in cases where the stud has a plurality of grooves or a thread. The shank further has an inner engagement portion which is radially deformable to engage the groove or thread of the stud. A retaining portion is connected to one end of the shank and extends in a direction tranverse to the shank axis. A strip encircling a cable and the retaining portion is provided to complete the cable retainer.

Abstract: A lead-in clamp with electric wire protective casing are disclosed. The electric wire protective casing is a long plastic roll tube, whose longitudinal free edges are not sealed, but rather can be expanded out and drawn back, on the roll tube there being formed a series of uniformly spaced transverse recesses. The lead-in clamp comprises left and right clamp stems, left and right clamp bodies and a clamping spring. When the left and right clamp bodies are fitted together, a wire passing cylinder and a casing guiding head are formed. When in use, the wires are put into the wire passing cylinder, then insert the casing guiding head into one end of the wire protective casing tube. After the wire protective casing tube is fixed stationary by hand, the lead-in clamp is pushed toward the other end of the wire protective casing, thereby to encase all of the wires into the wire protection casing.

Abstract: A cross-connect cabinet for an underground telecommunication installation wherein the bundle of conductors electrically connecting the splice connector with a pivoted terminal field is so constructed and arranged to avoid bending the bundle of conductors across the longitudinal axis of the conductors in a manner likely to cause fatigue or other premature conductor failure during the opening and closing of the terminal field of the cross-connect cabinet.

Abstract: An integral or unitary flexible cable support having: 1) a base for mounting on an appropriate structural member, and 2) a flexible strap integrally formed with the base, the flexible strap having a base end attached to the base and a distal end that includes a key hole shaped aperture for engaging an appropriate attachment button on the front of the base. In use, cable or wiring to be supported is placed within the flexible strap, the strap bent to encompass the wiring and the keyhole shaped aperture engaged about the attachment button. This provides a wiring support that is not easily disengaged by random movement of the wiring, but is easily disengaged by hand for removal of one or more cables or insertion of additional cables by proper alignment of the key hole shaped aperture with the attachment button.

Abstract: The invention is a snap-in electrical connector that includes a flange stiffened by an integral strut to provide a more secure gripping action on an inserted cable. The connector includes an elongated longitudinal slot, an integral bridge, and a short slot to facilitate easy insertion into an electrical panel or box. The flange contains serrated teeth and the channel wall includes a rear tooth opposite the flange to enable a secure strain relief grip on an inserted cable.

Abstract: A cable fastening device is provided having a sector-shaped housing including detachable lower and upper housings having a hollow arcuate raised member at a corner with a longitudinal central hole formed in the arcuate raised member, an internal arcuate grooved rail adjacent to the hole, first teeth adjacent to the grooved rail, an internal circuit board; and a hollow positioning means having a top side, two sides, and a bottom side including a pair of first posts raised from predetermined positions of the top and bottom sides respectively. A pair of arcuate recesses are provided on the top and bottom sides respectively, each having second teeth, and a transverse cable passing hole formed therein. The first posts are inserted into the central holes. The arcuate recesses are slidably engaged against the grooved rail, and the second teeth are engaged with the first teeth so as to tooth-by-tooth laterally move a cable along the arcuate recesses in order to adjust cable direction.

Abstract: A flat cable containing several conductor elements and corresponding bus bars are provided. An end portion of each conductor element is welded to a first end portion of each bus bars. A second end portion of each of the bus bars is formed into a terminal. Meanwhile, a cable reel includes a mobile member and a fixed member. At least one of the mobile member and the fixed member is provided with a connector unit having an outward opening. The terminal of each of the bus bars extends in the connector unit through a terminal path hole, while a terminal of an outside electrical cable is inserted into the connector unit through the outward opening of the connector unit, so that the bus-bar terminal and the electrical cable terminal are fitted and connected to each other.

Abstract: A support structure for a wire harness having a connection section. The structure includes a hollow support member, open at, one end, on a wall of an electrical connection box. An insulative cap is provided which has an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the support member. The cap surrounds the connection section and is pressed into the support member. Its resilience distorts the cap and thereby creates internal friction to resist inadvertent withdrawal. In a preferred form of the Invention, the cap is provided with one or more alternating shelves and grooves which assist in distortion. A further support can be provided on the support member and a portion of the wires taped thereto. This provides a water and vibration resistant connection which is easy to assemble and minimizes the number of parts required.

Abstract: A clip for a flat harness is provided that includes an upper plate, a stem portion extending from a vicinity of an end in a longitudinal direction of the upper plate, and at least one projecting portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the stem portion. The clip further includes a lower plate defining a stem portion insertion hole at a position corresponding to the stem portion, a cylindrical portion extending downwardly from the lower plate at a margin of the stem portion insertion hole. The stem portion is insertable into the cylindrical portion. At least one recessed portion is provided in an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The at least one recessed portion is engageable with the at least one projecting portion. A wing-shaped engaging portion extends upwardly from an end of the cylindrical portion, and is engageable with the automobile body.

Abstract: A latching device is provided for a circuit pack having a cable retainer carried upon the front of the operating lever of the device. The cable retainer is oriented for positional and directional control of cable by directing cable longitudinally of the faceplate of the circuit pack and away from the fronts of other circuit packs within a shelf. Also provided is a combination of a latching device and two groups of covers. The combination enables a single latching device to be used upon circuit packs requiring security and non security conditions within a shelf. It also enables removal of a faceplate held to a faceplate mounting with the circuit pack in the shelf. An orifice in an operating lever of the device is accessible with a cover of the first group mounted upon the operating lever, as orifices in these covers align themselves with the orifice in the operating lever.

Abstract: A wildlife guard for electrical power distribution equipment has two hingedly mounted sections which close together to form a protective cover at the top of an insulator bushing on electrical equipment. The wildlife guard is adapted by its structure to fit a range of bushing sizes and yet provide structural integrity and reliable protection once in place. The wildlife guard also accommodates passage of conductive members such as electrical conductors and sparkgap bars through the cover at locations governed by actual field conditions. The wildlife guard has a cover locking mechanism allowing its easy removal when desired.