Thomas & Betts Corporation

Marc Brodeur

Luis R Couto

Jaspal S Bawa

Giacomo F Mancini

Thomasz Bedkowski

An electrical connector is secured to the wall of an electrical enclosure. The connector includes a hub which permits passage of electrical conductors in a conduit into the enclosure. The hub includes an elongate body having a conduit receiving end and a conductor egressing end which extends through the wall of the enclosure. A hub locknut is attachable to the conductor egressing end of the hub on the opposite side of the wall to secure the hub to the wall. The locknut includes circumferentially spaced raised flat surface portions adapted to be engaged by a tightening tool for rotatably tightening the locknut to the hub. The raised spaced surface portions define slots therebetween having tapered sidewalls which are adapted to be engaged by the blade of a screwdriver for rotatably tightening the locknut to the hub by impacting the screwdriver with a hammer.

Hub locknut

A kit of parts is adapted for terminating electrical cable assemblies of the type having plural insulated conductors extending within an insulative jacket. The kit of parts is capable of terminating the cable alone or when enclosed in an outer cable conduit. The kit includes a body or gland, a hollow insert extending within the gland, a gland nut for screw cooperation with the gland and sealing means disposed between the gland nut and the body for providing a cable assembly seal within the insert. The sealing means further comprises cable sealing components and separate conduit sealing components which are used alternatively for sealing either the cable alone or the cable contained within the conduit.

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Iberville, Canada

Marc Brodeur