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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
Adrian Beau Candelaria, Alabaster, AL (US);
James Marc Hansen, Hoover, AL (US);
Syed Taha Imam, Hoover, AL (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
A tap connector for piercing an insulation of a conductor is provided. The tap connector includes a first jaw, a second jaw, a hinged connection, a compression connection, and a piercing insert. The hinged connection connects an end of the first and second jaws to one another. The compression connection removably connects an opposite end of the first and second jaws to one another. The piercing insert depends from the first jaw in an electrically conductive manner between the end and the opposite end. The piercing insert and the first jaw are made of or at least coated with an electrically conductive material.