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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald J Finke, Pasadena, TX (US);
Assignee:
Houston Industries Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439479 ; 439803 ;
Abstract
A clamp is provided which automatically latches onto a power line when brought into contact with the line for grounding the line or other purposes. The clamp has structural features which prevent inadvertent triggering of the latch mechanism before contact with the power line.