METER BOX GROUND CLAMP CONFIGURED TO PREVENT THE CLAMP FROM MOVING OFF THE METER BOX IN RESPONSE TO A TIGHTENING TORQUE

    公开(公告)号:US20230216223A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18092736

    申请日:2023-01-03

    摘要: A meter box ground clamp may include a body portion having a first portion, a second portion, and a gripping portion that is configured to extend from the second portion and a fastener member configured to couple the body portion to an electrical meter box. The fastening member may be configured to extend through a receiving portion of the first portion to engage a first surface of the meter box so as to move the first portion away from the first surface of the meter box and move the gripping portion into engagement with a second surface of the meter box that faces away from the first surface of the meter box, and the receiving portion may be configured to receive the fastener member at a first angle less than 90 degrees relative to a plane of the first portion such that a free end of the fastener member forms a second angle greater than zero degrees relative to the second surface of the meter box. The second angle may be configured to create a force that urges the second portion of the body portion toward the meter box in response to a tightening torque applied to the fastener member so as to prevent the body portion from moving off the meter box in response to the tightening torque.

    Linear Members Having Annular and Axial Grooves

    公开(公告)号:US20200225433A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16740090

    申请日:2020-01-10

    IPC分类号: G02B6/44 F21V8/00

    摘要: A fiber optic cable assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic connector. The fiber optic cable has an outer surface that includes a plurality of annular grooves spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of the fiber optic cable, and a plurality of axial grooves that extend in the axial direction. The plurality of axial grooves being spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the fiber optic cable, the plurality of axial grooves are configured to divide the outer surface in a circumferential direction of the linear member into separate section, the separate sections are configured to hinge against each other such that the linear member is bendable to a predetermined bend radius, the fiber optic connector includes an axial ridge configured to be received by one of the plurality of axial grooves, and cooperative engagement between the axial ridge of the fiber optic connector and the one of the plurality of axial grooves of the fiber optic cable prevents rotation of the fiber optic cable relative to the fiber optic connector.

    PUSH/PULL INTERFACE FOR COAXIAL CABLES WITH SECURE GROUND CONNECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230420894A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18215285

    申请日:2023-06-28

    IPC分类号: H01R24/54

    CPC分类号: H01R24/542 H01R2103/00

    摘要: A cable connector assembly that may include a connector that may comprise a first body and a second body that may be configured to be coupled to the first body, and an adapter comprising a biasing portion. The biasing portion may be configured to be coupled to the second body. The biasing portion may be configured to have a space that is configured to allow the biasing portion to elastically deform radially inwardly. The biasing portion may be configured to exert an axial biasing force axially against the second body. The biasing portion may be configured to exert an outward radial biasing force against the second body. The biasing portion may be configured to provide the axial and radial biasing forces so as to provide a secure ground connection between the connector and the adapter and such that a push/pull connection between the connector and the adapter that is operable by a non-technician user.

    HEAT DISSIPATING CONNECTORS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220209476A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17568696

    申请日:2022-01-04

    IPC分类号: H01R24/40

    摘要: A heat dissipating hardline connector includes a first body portion configured to support a terminal pin assembly and a second body portion configured to be coupled with the first body portion. The second body portion is configured to receive a hardline cable. The second body portion includes a plurality of spaced apart annular grooves formed in an outer surface of the second body portion to define a plurality of fin portions that are spaced apart from one another along a length of the second body portion. The annular grooves and fin portions are configured to increase the surface area of the outer surface of the second body portion to provide increased heat dissipation by the second body portion.

    ETHERNET BRIDGE MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210336394A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17239542

    申请日:2021-04-23

    摘要: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.

    HANDHELD TOOL FOR STRAIGHTENING A FIBER CABLE THAT IS STRUCTURALLY CONFIGURED TO ENHANCE PLACEMENT OF THE FIBER CABLE IN A STRAIGHTENING PATH OF THE TOOL

    公开(公告)号:US20240149328A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18375948

    申请日:2023-10-02

    IPC分类号: B21F1/02

    CPC分类号: B21F1/02

    摘要: A handheld tool for straightening a cable includes a straightening portion disposed in a housing portion. The straightening portion is configured to define a straightening path that extends in a longitudinal direction through the housing portion, and the straightening portion is structurally configured to engage a fiber cable that extends along the straightening path. The straightening portion is configured to spin freely relative to the housing portion such that the straightening portion is structurally configured to straighten a fiber cable that engages the straightening portion as the fiber cable is moved through the housing in the longitudinal direction. The housing portion is structurally configured to permit access to the straightening path from a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction in order to enhance placement of the fiber cable in the straightening path.

    COUPLER SEAL FOR COAXIAL CABLE SYSTEM COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240079817A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18230359

    申请日:2023-08-04

    IPC分类号: H01R13/52 F16J15/02 H01R24/40

    摘要: A cable system component includes a housing having a seal-grasping surface portion and a seal having an elastically deformable tubular body attached to the housing. The body has a posterior sealing surface that cooperatively engages the seal-grasping surface portion of the housing and a forward sealing surface configured to cooperatively engage an interface port. The forward sealing surface includes a radially inner facet divided into a forward portion and a rearward portion by an inner annular groove in the inner facet. The seal includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion connected by a thinned neck portion, the forward portion of the radially inner facet is on the anterior portion, and the rearward portion of the radially inner facet is on the posterior portion. The rearward portion of the radially inner facet includes a sealing edge surface that is configured to cooperate with an outer surface of the interface port in order to provide a sealed connection between the connector and the port when the anterior portion is removed from the seal. The inner annular groove is radially aligned with the neck portion and is configured to keep the neck portion away from the sealing edge of the rearward portion of the radially inner facet when the anterior portion is removed from the seal.

    CONNECTOR WITH BIASING MEMBER CONFIGURED TO MAINTAIN A GROUND PATH

    公开(公告)号:US20230352889A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18141155

    申请日:2023-04-28

    发明人: Daniel DAOUST

    IPC分类号: H01R24/40 H01R9/05 H01R43/20

    摘要: A cable connector includes: a back portion comprising a rearward end and a forward end opposite the rearward end; a conductive portion configured to be supported within the back portion and comprising a rearward end portion; and a biasing portion configured to be received by the conductive portion. In an assembled state, the biasing portion is configured to be compressed in an axial direction between the conductive portion and the back portion; and the biasing portion is configured to urge the conductive portion into contact with a front assembly to provide a secure electrical grounding path between the conductive portion and the front assembly.

    CONNECTOR FOR PROVIDING MORE RELIABLE SIGNAL PROPAGATION BY MAINTAINING CONDUCTOR PIN CONTACT AT CERTAIN PERIMETER PORTIONS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230216257A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18091683

    申请日:2022-12-30

    IPC分类号: H01R24/54 H01R13/627

    CPC分类号: H01R24/542 H01R13/6277

    摘要: A connector assembly that may include a connector portion and an adapter portion that are configured to be coupled to each other. The connector and adapter portions may include first and second conductor portions that are configured to be electrically connected to each other. The first and second conductor portions each may include perimeter end portions that are configured to contact each other when the connector portion and the adapter portion are coupled to each other. One of either the first conductor portion or the second conductor portions may include a perimeter end portion and a radially inward extending end portion that may be configured to extend radially inward from the perimeter end portion of the one conductor and may be axially spaced apart in an axial direction from an inward extremity end portion of the other conductor when the connector portion and the adapter portion are coupled to each other. The perimeter end portions of the first and second conductor portions may be configured to maintain electrical contact between the first and second conductor portions so as to improve signal propagation reliability or continuity between the connector and the adapter during operation of the connector assembly.