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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 13, 1999
William T. Auclair, Winsted, CT (US);
Electric Motion Company, Inc., Winsted, CT (US);
Abstract
A strand clamp comprises a clamp assembly including first and second, substantially identical, clamp members. Grooves in the end portions of each clamp member form a pair of receptacles for receiving a ground wire and a strand. The shaft of a bolt extends through openings in the mid portion of each clamp member such that the bolt head and a nut mounted on the bolt shaft are positioned adjacent the outside surfaces of the clamp members. Torquing the nut clamps the ground wire and strand within the clamp assembly. A positioning tab extends inwardly from each end edge of each clamp member. The positioning tabs are laterally offset from each other to resist rotation of one clamp member relative to the other clamp member. The mid portion of each clamp member has an arcuate shape and is elastically compressible by the bolt and nut such that the mid portion imposes a spring force on the head of the bolt and the nut to resist loosening of the nut.