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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6199258 | Method for compressing wire mesh grip to facilitate installation on cables A fixture for installing a flexible wire mesh grip over an elongated cable includes a base having spaced opposite ends and an internal cavity extending longitudinally therebetween. The spaced opposite ends define respective first and second passages openi... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6181489 | Combination lens and window retainer and housing assembly for a motion detector system A housing assembly includes a combination lens and window retainer, an inner optical lens, an outer optical window and a front cover. The retainer includes a middle body structure, a pair of side wing structures, an inner seat and an outer seat. The middl... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6135613 | Lighting fixture assembly sealed at opposite ends with dust covers A lighting fixture assembly includes a lighting fixture having a mounting member, a pair of end plates, an elongated lamp and an elongated lens, and a pair of dust covers fittable over opposite ends of the lighting fixture. Each end plate is mounted to on... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6132141 | Pipeline buoyancy control assembly and tie-down attachment member therefor A pipeline buoyancy control assembly includes a pair of anchor rods, a pair of tie-down attachment members, a pair of termination members, and a flexible endless strap having an endless loop configuration. The anchor rods are driven partially into the gro... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132227 | Receptacle assembly with improved enclosure A receptacle assembly having a body and a hinged cover is provided to accept a plug with a threaded ring connector. The body has an open end, an exterior surface and a ridge formed on the exterior surface adjacent to the open end adapted to receive the th... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6109937 | Four-sided ground contact assembly A four-sided ground contact assembly for use in an electrical receptacle includes a first contact element and a second contact element. Each of the first and second contact elements is mounted to a mounting bridge of the electrical receptacle. The first c... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6102173 | Rotary coupling apparatus for transmission cables A rotary coupling apparatus includes a stationary housing defining a chamber, an elongated hollow shaft extending through the chamber of the housing and rotatable relative thereto, a drum supported about the shaft and rotatable therewith, and an elongated... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6100485 | Rotary disconnect switch device for transforming rotary motion into linear motion to open and close electrical contacts A rotary disconnect switch device includes a housing, a handle mounted to the housing to undergo rotatable movement between on and off positions, and a rotary disconnect assembly supported in the housing below the handle. The rotary disconnect assembly in... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6094902 | Carrier link having removable crossbar with opposite ends snap-fitted on cross-sectionally T-shaped protrusions An elongated carrier for holding and protecting lengths of cable and hose includes a plurality of substantially identical links pivotally interconnected to one another in an end-to-end arrangement. Each link includes a pair of sidewalls and a pair of cros... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6089888 | Receptacle assembly with cover position indicating means A receptacle assembly includes a body adapted to receive a plug at one end, a cover having a top wall and a hinge having opposite upper and lower ends pivotally mounting the cover to the body for undergoing movement between an open condition and a closed ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6080024 | Multi-stranded conductor terminal assembly having resilient contact pad with undulations A multi-stranded conductor terminal assembly includes an outer housing, a termination element, a contact pad, and a fastener rotatably mounting the contact pad to an inner end of the termination element. The outer housing has a main cavity open at one end... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6070305 | Releasable retention assembly for temporarily retaining utility pole covers A releasable retention assembly includes an elongated flexible member, a retention member and a lock mechanism. The flexible member has opposite end portions and a length sufficient for wrapping at least once about an utility pole to retain a cover in pla... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6071035 | Interchangeable tool coupling assembly having spring-based locking sleeve An interchangeable tool coupling assembly includes a coupling base, a connecting collar, a locking sleeve, a wave spring and an interchangeable tool having a shaft with an end and a pin protruding from a side of the shaft end. At one end portion, the coup... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6070913 | Releasable self-locking clip arrangement interfacing with threaded connection between plug body and tubular shroud of electrical connector plug housing A connector plug housing for an electrical connector assembly includes a plug body having a male end, a tubular shroud having a female end adapted to be received on the male end of the plug body, first and second complementary threads respectively formed ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6056593 | Electrical receptacle assembly having housing held together by front mounting bridge An electrical receptacle assembly includes a housing and a mounting bridge. The housing includes front and back covers adapted to mate together. The front cover has opposite forward and rearward sides and opposite top and bottom ends, and the back cover h... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6034326 | Conduit connector assembly spring clip having scalloped shaped conduit gripping end A conduit connector assembly which receives an end of a conduit carrying electrical wires includes a fitting body, an end stop grommet and a spring clip. The end stop grommet and the spring clip are each mounted to the fitting body. The spring clip is dis... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6020557 | Conduit connector assembly with angled conduit gripping means A conduit connector assembly which receives an end of a conduit carrying electrical wires includes a fitting body, an end stop grommet and a spring clip. The fitting body and spring clip are provided with inwardly projecting conduit gripping portions havi... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6015303 | Electrical receptacle assembly with multiple sites of dual snap-fit securement means An electrical receptacle assembly includes a housing and a plurality of dual snap-fit securement arrangements defined on the housing. The housing include a front cover and a back cover being adapted to interfit with the front cover in a mating relationshi... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6006000 | Composite ribbon coupling cable for rotary coupling apparatus A composite ribbon coupling cable includes a plurality of elongated strengthening elements made of a resilient springy material, a plurality of elongated communications elements disposed in alternating spaced apart relation with the elongated strengthenin... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5984720 | Angled interconnect panel assembly for telecommunications applications An angled interconnect panel assembly includes an enclosure, a plurality of support brackets mounted inside the enclosure, a plurality of interconnect panels which are each pivotally mounted to one of the support brackets and are each disposed in an angle... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5975925 | Grounded and isolated electrical receptacle assemblies with interchangeable components A set of grounded and isolated duplex electrical receptacle assemblies includes interchangeable dual female bodies, interchangeable socket bases, interchangeable right, left and middle contact members, and interchangeable support bridges for assembling ei... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5951309 | Receptacle assembly having position retention tabs A receptacle assembly includes a body adapted to receive a plug at one end, a cover, a hinge having a bifurcated end and pivotally mounting the cover to the body for movement between an open condition and a closed condition relative to the body and biasin... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5904599 | Electrical connector pin device having wire spring insert An electrical connector pin device includes an elongated body and a wire spring insert. The body has an external surface and defines an axial bore and a radial slot therein. The radial slot extends radially outwardly from the axial bore to the external su... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5854582 | Pivotal latching mechanism with interengageable latch arm and catch in a sectionalizer assembly A sectionalizer assembly includes a mounting structure having upper and lower electrical contacts, a sectionalizer tube, an actuating member mounted to the tube and movable from a non-actuated to an actuated position, and a pivotal latching mechanism havi... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5839908 | Multi-contact electrical terminal for electrical receptacle assembly A multi-contact electrical terminal includes a body member and attachment member made of a substantially resilient flexible electrically conductive material. The body member includes a pair of opposite contact walls defining a central passageway through t... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5826957 | Housing with multiple fixed declination adjustment positions and living hinge connections A motion detection system housing includes a base having a back portion attachable to a wall, a cover having a front portion for mounting operative components of the detection system, a primary living hinge integrally connecting lower portions of the base... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5811979 | Protective grounding jumper cable tester A protective grounding jumper cable tester is provided which includes a housing; a pair of jumper attachment terminals on the housing for attachment of a jumper cable therebetween; a dc voltage applying circuit disposed in the housing and connected to the... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5731543 | Conduit connector assembly with end stop grommet for attachment of conduit to junction box A conduit connector assembly for attachment of a conduit carrying electrical wires to an electrical junction box includes a fitting body, an end stop grommet, and a spring clip. The fitting body has open first and second opposite ends and an interior bore... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5728973 | Knockout arrangement providing connection pattern choice on electrical junction box and cover plate arrangement for mounting dynamic loads A knockout arrangement for an electrical junction box includes a housing having at least one side wall being substantially planar, a pair of spaced apart first knockout structures on the side wall with the first knockout structures defining a first circul... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5684408 | Protective grounding jumper cable testing method A protective grounding jumper cable tester basically includes a housing, a direct current power supply, a pair of jumper attachment terminals, a pair of test probe terminals, a current applying circuit connected between the direct current power supply and... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5634553 | Handle assembly having self-adjustable axial length for coupling with different size circuit breakers A handle assembly for use with a circuit breaker includes an elongated shaft mounted through a hole in a cover of an enclosure containing a circuit breaker having an actuator lever movable between a plurality of different positions. The shaft is mounted t... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5631570 | Protective grounding jumper cable tester and testing method A protective grounding jumper cable tester basically includes a housing, a direct current power supply, a pair of jumper attachment terminals, a pair of test probe terminals, a current applying circuit connected between the direct current power supply and... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5612661 | Resettable internal actuating mechanism for use with an electronic sectionalizer A resettable internal actuating mechanism, used in an electronic sectionalizer having a tube assembly movable between a closed position and an open position, includes a latching element of an electro-mechanical component mounted in the tube assembly and b... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5594206 | Label cover construction and arrangement thereof on switch faceplate A switch cover plate assembly includes label covers each having an elongated main portion and a pair of opposite ends and a switch faceplate for mounting the label covers. The faceplate has a flat main panel, switch holes therethrough adapted to receive s... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5575122 | Earth screw anchor assembly having enhanced penetrating capability An earth screw anchor assembly has peripheral edges on its hub member and intermediate flange portion of its spade member with different configurations permitting placement of the hub member on the intermediate flange portion in an asymmetrical relation o... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5572406 | Electrical receptacle assembly with enhanced heat dissipation arrangement An electrical receptacle assembly with an enhanced heat dissipation arrangement includes a housing having a front side with plug contact receiving openings and a rear side spaced from the front side, a circuitboard mounted in the housing between the front... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5557825 | Door retainer mechanism for automatically retaining access door on cabinet in opened position A door retainer mechanism on a padmounted switchgear cabinet includes a pair of elongated links coupled between an access door and housing of the cabinet. The links are pivotally connected respectively to the access door and housing and also pivotally con... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5484309 | Electrical receptacle assembly with interference fitting and latching parts An electrical receptacle assembly, such as for employment in a surge suppression unit, includes a generally rectangular two-piece housing having a front cover and a back cover separate from and mateable with the front cover, a generally U-shaped mounting ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5483416 | Adjustable insulating barrier arrangement for air insulated padmounted switchgear A barrier arrangement for use in a multiple-phase padmounted switchgear includes a pair of insulated upper and lower barrier panels mounted in spaced vertical tandem and stationary relation one above the other so as to define a gap therebetween and an ins... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5442178 | Cross-over field-of-view composite Fresnel lens for an infrared detection system A cross-over field-of-view composite Fresnel lens for use in an infrared detection system includes a plurality of Fresnel lens segments provided in first and second groups. The first group of Fresnel lens segments are constructed as grooves-in lens segmen... | 08/15/1995 |
