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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2001
Karl D. Grabenstetter, Valley City, OH (US);
Justin C. Andrikanich, Stow, OH (US);
Waymon P. Goch, Clinton, OH (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Abstract
A spring-loaded wedge dead end connector includes a connector body having a base and a pair of opposite jaw guides formed on and protruding outwardly from the base and defining a guide channel therewith, a pair of jaws mounted between the jaw guides and on the base of the connector body for undergoing slidable movement within the guide channel thereof along converging paths from an open position for receiving a segment of an electrical conductor therebetween to a closed position in which the jaws provide a clamping wedging engagement with the electrical conductor segment disposed therebetween, a plurality of complementary elements formed on the jaws such that the complementary elements directly and slidably interfit with one another so as to ensure that the jaws are coupled to one another to undergo their slidable movement together, and a plurality of retention elements for preventing removal of the jaws from the connector body.