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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2005
Yu Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
David Robert Schumacher, Scotia, NY (US);
Lawrence Lee Sowers, Balston Lake, NY (US);
Yu Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
David Robert Schumacher, Scotia, NY (US);
Lawrence Lee Sowers, Balston Lake, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A clamp for attaching a clip to an end of a stator bar including: an anchor adapted to fit into an open end of the clamp; a bracket having a first leg extending radially from the anchor and a second leg substantially perpendicular to the first leg, wherein the second leg has a distal end with a pivot point; at least one alignment post on an inside surface of the second leg; a lever arm pivotably attached to the pivot point on the second leg of the bracket, the lever arm further including a lip on a first end of the arm and adapted to releasably engage an edge of a cover to clip, and an adjustment screw threaded through the lever arm and having a first screw end abutting an outside surface of the second leg of the bracket, wherein turning the screw pivots the lever arm and moves the lip towards or away from the cover.