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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1976
Frederick G Clark, Naples, FL (US);
Eastman Machine Company, Buffalo, NY (US);
Abstract
A combined prong shield, grounding construction and locking arrangement for first and second plug sections mounted on a metal motor housing including a grounded metal protective shell surrounding the prongs extending outwardly from the first plug section, prong receiving receptacles in the second plug section, a grounding post on the second plug section for reception in a slot in the protective shell formed between spaced tines, a clamping nut on the post biased toward the tines so as to maintain good grounding contact therewith as the post enters the slot, and upturned ends on the tines for tending to prevent the second plug section from being withdrawn from the first plug section after they have been assembled.