Hubbell Limited

Harvey Hubbell Incorporated

Other

Robert W Jorgensen

Kenneth R Schnell

Richard D Swanson

Thomas E Lewis

Steven James Johnson

Gregory J Kesler

William E Slater

Scott L Misenar

Vance W Young, Jr

Mahran Husain

Donald E McCormick

Joseph Barlotta

Michael R Nowak

A weatherproof outlet includes a base plate for coupling to an electrical box and a hinged cover. The base plate has at least one opening for accessing an electrical wiring device such as an electrical receptacle mounted in the electrical box. The top surface of the base plate includes an inner rim and an outer rim having a dimension to shed water away from the access opening and the wiring device. A weatherproof gasket is attached to the top surface of the base plate within the confines of the inner wall and overlying the access opening. The gasket includes a plurality of slits for receiving the prongs of a plug and to form a waterproof seal around the prongs when inserted into the slots of an electrical receptacle.

Weatherproof outlet and gasket assembly

A connector for an electrical box having a base that has an opening. A cavity is formed by a wall extending from the base. The cavity is aligned with the opening to form a passageway through the connector to receive electrical cable. At least two fingers extend inwardly and toward the base from an inner surface of the wall. At least two tabs extend outwardly and toward the base from an outer surface of the wall to retain the junction box between the at least two tabs and the base.

Snap-in cable connector

An electrical box bracket has an adjustable member to facilitate securing the bracket to supports of varying sizes. The bracket has first and second legs that are connected by a third leg. A cut-out extends from the first leg onto the third leg. The adjustable member is formed by the cut-out to facilitate securing the bracket to the support. A centerline on the third leg of the bracket is adapted to be aligned with corresponding indicia on the support. The support indicia is visible through the cut-out to facilitate positioning the bracket on the support. A plurality of weld projections on the second leg facilitate securing a variety of different electrical boxes to the electrical box bracket.

Adjustable bracket for securing an electrical box to a stud

An electrical assembly containing one or more electrical devices is provided for mounting on a wall or other support. The assembly includes a housing having a rear wall and a front wall. The front wall is typically a faceplate with openings exposing the electrical devices. A cover is pivotally connected to the housing to enclose the front wall and protect the electrical devices. The rear wall includes a removable panel which can be removed to form an opening. An adapter which functions as a mounting device has a column with an axial passage where the mounting device is coupled to an electrical box. The column is inserted through the opening in the rear wall of the housing for mounting the assembly on the electrical box. In one embodiment, the housing includes a sleeve dimensioned to receive the column of the adapter.

Outlet box assembly

An electrical box for mounting a ceiling fan or a light fixture in which the electrical box is the sole support for the fan or fixture. The electrical box has mounting holes on its sides for receiving fasteners for securing the electrical box directly to a joist, beam, or other structural support member. Preferably, the fasteners are nails to provide an easy installation. The electrical box has flanges with both fixture and fan mounting holes as well as holes for mounting a cover. A cover can be mounted directly to the electrical box. The cover can be the attaching element between the electrical box and the fan or fixture.

Electrical box for fan or fixture support

An electrical box and a holding device for use therewith is disclosed. The holding device can be a flexible plastic bag-like container having a first wall coupled to a second wall and forming a substantially enclosed inner receiving area. A mounting fastener such as fan or fixture mounting screws are temporarily secured within the receiving area of the container. A box mounting screw extends completely through the container and extends through a side of the electrical box to temporarily secure the container and the electrical box to a structure; such as a joist. The fan or fixture mounting screws are then accessible for removal from the container and can be used to further fix the electrical box and the fan or fixture to the joist. The electrical box also has a pair of slots for receiving the fan or fixture mounting screws. Each slot has two areas for receiving a screw with a knockout between the areas. The knockout can be removed if the screw must be positioned between the two areas.

Electrical box and holding device for use therewith

An electrical box for supporting ceiling fans, the electrical box has a top portion and a side portion extending completely around the top portion and extending substantially perpendicularly to the top portion. The top portion has a substantially planar lower surface, and the side portion has two oppositely spaced tabs extending inwardly toward each other. Each of the tabs has an opening extending completely therethrough. At least one mounting hole is formed in either the top portion or the side portion or the corner formed between the top and side portions. The mounting hole or holes each have a hole axis inclined with respect to the lower surface of the top portion. Each mounting hole extends completely through the wall between an inner cavity of the electrical box and an area outside the wall. The electrical box can have various mounting brackets attached thereto for securing the electrical box to a support member such as a joist or a truss. An electrical box mounting screw is inserted into each mounting hole to secure the electrical box to the support member. The present invention also encompasses a method for modifying an existing fixture supporting electrical box so that it can support ceiling fans.

Electrical box for ceiling fan support

A universal cable clamp for coupling a wide variety of electrical cables to an electrical box is capable of accepting metal or non-metallic sheathed cables. The cable clamp includes upper and lower clamping plates and a front wall having at least one opening for receiving the cable. The upper and lower clamping plates are coupled together by bendable coupling arms. A fastener extends through the upper and lower clamping plates and into the electrical box to deform the bendable coupling arms while the cable is clamped between the upper and lower clamping plates. The opening in the front wall in embodiments is oval-shaped and is dimensioned to allow a non-metallic sheathed cable to pass through, while preventing the metal sheath of a metal sheathed cable from passing through. The clamp provides a grounding connection of the metal cables and conduits. The cable clamp accommodates thick or thin steel and aluminum flex metal conduits, armored cable, metal clad cable and non-metallic cable.

Universal cable clamp having oval apertures

A conduit connector assembly which receives an end of a conduit carrying electrical wires includes a fitting body, an end stop grommet and a spring clip. The end stop grommet and the spring clip are each mounted to the fitting body. The spring clip is disposed within an interior bore of the fitting body and has a resiliently flexible body and a gripping end portion on the body defining a grip end. The grip end has a substantially scalloped configuration for gripping and fitting partially about the conduit so as to center the grip end of the spring clip body on the conduit. The grip end having the scalloped configuration is in the form of an arcuate concave-shaped edge surface on the gripping end portion of the body. The grip end of the spring clip body makes line contact with an inner convolution on an exterior of the conduit and makes at least a single point contact with an outer convolution on the exterior of the conduit. The grip end may be disposed at a predetermined angle for matching a predetermined pitch angle of the convolutions on the exterior of the conduit and thereby make line contact with the inner convolution on the exterior of the conduit and make a pair of point contacts with the outer convolution on the exterior of the conduit.

Conduit connector assembly spring clip having scalloped shaped conduit

A conduit connector assembly which receives an end of a conduit carrying electrical wires includes a fitting body, an end stop grommet and a spring clip. The fitting body and spring clip are provided with inwardly projecting conduit gripping portions having grip ends which are angled relative to a reference plane disposed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fitting body so as to make line contact rather than only a point contact with portions of convolutions of the conduit so that greater and more uniformly applied gripping force is produced that will prevent the conduit from being pulled out from the connector assembly.

Conduit connector assembly with angled conduit gripping means

A universal ceiling box adapted to selectively support fans and fixtures. The ceiling box preferably has a substantially flat, top portion with a side portion extending substantially perpendicularly from the perimeter of the top portion. The side portion and the top portion form a main cavity with an open bottom end. A mounting element extends from the side portion into the main cavity for selectively coupling and supporting fans and fixtures thereto. The mounting element has a pair of opposed fan mounting holes with a first diameter, and a pair of opposed fixture mounting holes with a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter. Each of the first and second mounting holes has an axis extending perpendicular to the top portion, respectively.

Universal ceiling box for either fan or fixture support

An adjustable hanger assembly is disclosed for mounting and supporting an electrical box between a pair of structural supports, such as studs or joists. The adjustable hanger assembly is designed to properly position electrical boxes of different depths between the structural supports such that the open end of the electrical box is flush with the exterior surface of the wallboard or plasterboard, e.g., dry wall or sheet rock. The adjustable hanger assembly has a pair of telescoping support members slidably coupled together and a hanger strap fixedly coupled to an electrical box. The support members are preferably tubular with a rectangular transverse cross-section. One side of the support members acts as a positioning edge for maintaining the open end of an electrical box of a first depth flush with the exterior surface of the wall board. Each of the support members has a pair of positioning flanges with their free ends acting as positioning edges and a third side with no flange acting as a positioning edge for selectively maintaining the open ends of three different depths of electrical boxes flush with the exterior surface of the plasterboard, depending on which of the positioning flanges are used.

Adjustable hanger assembly

A conduit connector assembly for attachment of a conduit carrying electrical wires to an electrical junction box includes a fitting body, an end stop grommet, and a spring clip. The fitting body has open first and second opposite ends and an interior bore for receiving therein an end portion of a conduit. The end stop grommet includes a grommet body having an interior cavity with open first and second end portions, the grommet body being inserted within the interior bore of the fitting body. The conduit is received and held within the interior bore of the fitting body and within the interior cavity of the grommet body. The fitting body is inserted through an opening in the junction box and is connected thereto. The grommet body is secured within the interior bore of the fitting body and has an outer flange making contact with the fitting body for preventing the grommet body from being inserted into the fitting body beyond a predetermined position therein. The grommet body also has an end wall having a round passage therethrough to prevent the conduit from entering farther into the junction box but permits wiring from the conduit to pass into the junction box. The spring clip retains the conduit within the fitting body and cooperates with the fitting body for connection of the assembly to the junction box.

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Niles, MI, United States of America

Robert W Jorgensen