600-amp hot stick-operable screw and pin-and-socket assembled connector system
CA 2022949 C · Owner: Thomas & Betts International, Inc. · Inventors: Luzzi, Glenn J.
Overview
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A high voltage cable is fixed to the single leg of a 600-Amp "T" connector having a first of its cross bar arms mounted upon an insulating bushing fixed to a wall of the apparatus housing it is to serve. Spaced apart from such insulating bushing and mounted upon the same wall is an apparatus bushing to which is connected a bushing extender. An "h" shaped link member is employed to couple the cable via the other of its "T" connector cross bar arms to the apparatus bushing via the bushing extender. One of the short arms of the link member contains a pin/socket arrangement to make an electrical connection with the cable. The remaining short arm contains a screw-operated member operated by a …
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- Filed August 8, 1990 and granted October 26, 1993. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 8, 2010.
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