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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
David Edwin Bowling, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Laura Jackson Hiller, Cary, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
Wildlife guards for surrounding electrical insulator bushings and electrical conductors extending therefrom include pivotally connected first and second cover portions. Each cover portion includes a respective lever arm configured such that when a force is applied to the first and second lever arms by a portion of an electrical insulator bushing, the first and second cover portions pivot together into engagement in a closed position surrounding the electrical insulator bushing and a portion of the electrical conductor extending from the electrical insulator bushing. A plurality of flexible fingers extending from adjacent edge portions of the cover portions allow an electrical conductor to extend therethrough while preventing the ingress of animals.