With Nut Retainer Patents (Class 439/779)
  • Patent number: 10979791
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a device that includes a support plate having a flat base portion and an elongated portion which extends perpendicular to the flat base portion, and a housing embodying one or more of a microphone and a speaker, and a housing backside having a set of screw holes configured to receive a set of screws to secure the support plate flat base portion to be flush mounted against the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent William Ellis, William John Done
  • Patent number: 10340612
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a split bolt, a fastener component, and a pressure bar. The split bolt includes a base, a first upright member, a second upright member, and a conductor receiving channel defined between the first and second upright members. The fastener component has a top surface, a bottom surface, and an opening receiving the first and second upright members. The pressure bar has a bottom section, a first leg, and a second leg. The pressure bar is movably received in the conductor receiving channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Evan Ronald Martin, Mike David Bailly, Bob Alan Hammond
  • Patent number: 9496627
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a connector. The connector may include a connection body and an engagement structure. The connection body may include a first support member, a second support member, a base from which the first support member and the second support member extend, wherein the base includes a beveled portion for connecting the connection body to the structure, and a slot defined between the first support member and the second support member and configured to receive a ground line. The engagement structure may be configured to engage the first support member and the second support member and move relative to the base along the first support member and the second support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Washington Gas Light Company
    Inventors: Matthew Esmacher, Kian Chua, Susitha Jayaratne
  • Patent number: 9287637
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a split bolt having a base and first and second outwardly extending legs. A conductor receiving channel is formed between the legs. A nut threadably engages the legs and has upper and lower surfaces and an opening through it. A pressure bar member is movably received in the conductor receiving channel. A head of the pressure bar member contacts the lower surface of the nut and a body of the pressure bar member extends through the opening in the nut. A spacer is disposed in the conductor receiving channel between the base and the head of the pressure bar member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Peter N. Therrien
  • Patent number: 8974254
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a connector. The connector may include a connection body and an engagement structure. The connection body may include a first support member, a second support member, a base from which the first support member and the second support member extend, wherein the base includes a beveled portion for connecting the connection body to the structure, and a slot defined between the first support member and the second support member and configured to receive a ground line. The engagement structure may be configured to engage the first support member and the second support member and move relative to the base along the first support member and the second support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Washington Gas Light Company
    Inventors: Matthew Esmacher, Kian Chua, Susitha Jayaratne
  • Patent number: 8906544
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a terminal section for storage battery that allows external leading wires to be simultaneously attached thereto at two or more locations, a nut for terminal of the terminal section for storage battery, a lid for storage battery with the terminal section for storage battery, and a storage battery. There is provided a terminal section for storage battery 8 which is made up of a terminal 4 having a cavity portion into which a nut is inserted, a bushing 6, and a conductive portion 7 joining both, wherein the terminal 4 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and through-holes 4K1, 4K2 of the terminal 4 are formed at least at two locations of a rectangular upper surface plate portion and a rectangular front surface plate portion, and at positions where screw holes of the nut communicating with the through-holes 4K1, 4K2 of the terminal 4 do not intersect with each other, when the nut is inserted into the cavity portion of the terminal 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haruyama, Shin Osaki, Eiji Hojo, Yasuhide Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20140087598
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a split bolt having a base and first and second outwardly extending legs. A conductor receiving channel is formed between the legs. A nut threadably engages the legs and has upper and lower surfaces and an opening through it. A pressure bar member is movably received in the conductor receiving channel. A head of the pressure bar member contacts the lower surface of the nut and a body of the pressure bar member extends through the opening in the nut. A spacer is disposed in the conductor receiving channel between the base and the head of the pressure bar member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Peter N. Therrien
  • Patent number: 8277263
    Abstract: An intersystem grounding bridge has an elongated housing made from electrically conductive material, the housing including a plurality of channels spaced along a longitudinal axis thereof, the channels for receiving a grounding wire/conductor associated with a communication system component. The housing has a plurality of corresponding threaded apertures dimensioned for receipt of set screws for securing a grounding wire/conductor inserted in a corresponding channel. The intersystem grounding bridge includes a split bolt portion extending substantially in line with the elongated axis of the housing and having an open ended slot formed therein dimensioned for receiving a grounding rod/conductor, the split bolt portion having threads formed thereon for receiving a threaded fastener for securing the grounding rod/conductor to the split bolt portion. A pressure bar having a bottom portion dimensioned for contacting the grounding rod/conductor in the split bolt portion may also form part of the grounding bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: 7566250
    Abstract: A wire grounding assembly including a unitary bidirectional connector having a first threaded shaft, a second threaded shaft, and a torque-receiving portion that is radially oriented about the major axis of the unitary bidirectional connector and that has a first radial surface and an opposing second radial surface. The first threaded shaft and the second threaded shaft project, respectively, from the first radial surface and the second radial surface, and are aligned such that their respective major axes coincide with the major axis. The first threaded shaft has an axial ground wire slot configured to receive a ground wire therein, and the second threaded shaft has a base. The unitary bidirectional connector has an annular sharp projection that projects beyond the plane of the second radial surface, encircling the base, and is configured to penetrate a non-conductive surface of a ground upon application of sufficient torque to the torque-receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Scott Good
  • Patent number: 6234838
    Abstract: An improved structure for a coaxial cable connector is disclosed. The surface consists of a connector body, an axle collar, a stem disposed co-axially within the axle collar, and a nut disposed rotatably around the stem. The nut includes an annular end and a hexagonal body. The annular end has a threaded bore hole which is used for accepting a threaded interface connector. An annular groove is formed along the inner surface of the threaded bore hole; while another annular groove is formed around the outer surface of the threaded interface connector, both for filling a sealing element thereinto thereby providing a 360 degrees annular moisture proof hermetic structure between the interface connector and the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Shen-Chia Wong
  • Patent number: 5236377
    Abstract: An electrical wire connector of the type having a bifurcate bolt has a base member and two opposed prongs. The prongs are spaced apart to define a wire receiving channel therebetween. A nut is threadable onto the bolt about the prongs, the nut cooperates with a slide to engage a first respective wire and to urge the wire and other wires into electrical engagement with each other. The bolt has resilient portions which supply a force which acts upon the wires. The force supplied by the resilient portions is of sufficient magnitude to ensure that the wires will be maintained in electrical engagement even when the split bolt is exposed to harsh environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Goto
  • Patent number: 5129844
    Abstract: An electrical wire connector has a bifurcated bolt having opposed prongs coextending spaced from each other defining a wire-receiving channel therebetween. A nut is threaded onto the bolt until an insert carried by the nut is pressed tightly against one of the two wires disposed along the channel, to clamp the wires tightly against the bottom of the channel and electrically interconnect the wires. The nut has an internally threaded lower section within which a body section of the insert is disposed, and an upper section joined to the lower section at a frangible section adapted to break upon sufficient torque being applied to the nut by a tool, thus providing a torque limit and a visual indication of full assured interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Goto, Gino Menechella, Janusz Szyndlar
  • Patent number: 4842530
    Abstract: An electrical floating bond comprising a slotted bolt coupled, preferably by an integral rivet, to one end of a short wire. The bolt is slotted along a threaded portion of the bolt for receiving a cable or cables with an exposed conductive sheath. A ring nut clamps a cable or cables in the slotted bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: The Dexter Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Erickson, II, Michael G. Naylor, Robert R. Knobloch