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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7615714 | Button style cord connector This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7408122 | Cable gland The invention relates to a cable gland. The latter comprises a gland body for feeding a cable therethrough, an elastic sealing ring that is applicable to the front side of the gland body and whose internal diameter essentially corresponds to the diameter of the cabl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7332678 | Button style cord connector This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7251409 | Cable strain relief design for limited space through-hole applications A cable strain relief that includes an over-molded portion affixed to a cable and a flexible decorative boot. The decorative boot is passed through an opening in an enclosure. The cable is passed through a cylindrical space form in the decorative boot until the over... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238894 | Electrical fitting for snap in connection of cables An electrical fitting having an improved arrangement on the trailing end for attaching electrical cables thereto. A tubular body having an inner bore includes a clip member secured externally thereto. At least one leg is included on the clip member extending from ou... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226309 | Electrical fitting for snap in connection of cables An electrical fitting with an improved arrangement on the trailing end for securing metal clad or armored electrical cable to a panel or junction box. A connector body includes a trailing opening, an intermediate flange, and an open channel having a channel bottom a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220923 | Clip-on electrical conduit connector A clip-on electrical conduit connector is designed to clip onto conduit for connection to junction boxes. The connector incorporates a junction box engagement portion, a conduit engagement portion, and a conduit stop. The junction box engagement portion includes a p... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7183486 | Liquid-tight connector with deformable o-ring A liquid tight connector for terminating one end of an elongate electrical conductor includes a connector body having a rearward conduit receiving end, an opposed forward end and a central bore therethrough. A gland nut is movably secured to the rearward conduit rec... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7161087 | Module assembly with mounting integrity detection including deformable washer A module is mounted to a object with a fastener and a special washer. The fastener engages the object through a mounting opening in mounting portion of a module case. The washer has a first portion extending obliquely outward and downward to be deformed between the ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148431 | Armored cable connector A cable connector terminates an armored cable in a knockout in a wall of an electrical enclosure. The connector includes a one-piece connector body having a forward end and plurality of side walls extending from the forward end in cantilevered fashion to define a ca... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6677524 | Grommet apparatus A grommet apparatus includes wire, a hard grommet having a tubular wall portion contacted with the wire, a base portion contacted with the wire and a flexible engaging portion formed on the tubular wall portion and engaged with an opening, and a soft grom... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6617513 | Lamp rod assembled device for assembling inserting rod into wire box A lamp rod assembled device for assembling an inserting rod into a wire box comprises a retaining seat installed on a via hole at a lateral side of the wire box and an inserting rod inserted into the wire box. A polygonal though hole is formed in the enga... | 09/09/2003 |
| 4818822 | Junction box A junction box readily adapted for installation to an electric power cable made up of a pair of identical interlocking sections which are joined together over the cable at any appropriate point on the cable. In one embodiment the box is employed as a "str... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4787657 | Screw coupling A screw coupling which can be applied to surround a cable, a hose, a conduit or a conductor has a nipple with an externally threaded section adjacent an end section with axially parallel prongs whose width decreases in a direction away from the first sect... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4704499 | Locking mechanism for aerial cable closure and terminals A boot, or adapter, for an aerial cable or terminal housing is made from hard material in two halves. The two halves are fastened, or hinged, at one longitudinal edge by a eye-hook-like device and at the other longitudinal edge by a snap lock device. An e... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4621166 | Adjustable line covering electrical connector An adjustable connector secures an outer covering of an electrical line to an outlet box having an opening therein for receiving the connector. The connector comprises a body having a first open end and a second open end for insertion into the opening in ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4616105 | Adapter fitting for connecting flexible conduit to electrical outlet boxes An adapter fitting for connecting a corrugated flexible conduit to an electrical outlet box which includes a pair of substantially identical, semi-cylindrical cooperating fitting halves. Each fitting half carries a projecting, externally threaded neck por... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4608454 | Tension resisting electrical cable gland An electrical cable gland is provided which can be effectively clamped to metal strip types of armouring of an armoured electrical cable to effectively resist tension applied to such cable. The electrical cable gland includes at least two, and preferably ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4536613 | Clamp bushing for securing an electrical cable to an electrical outlet box A cable clamp assembly comprises a bushing member adapted to receive an electrical power cable, tubing or the like, has a pair of jaw members adapted to fit through a cable entry port in the wall of an outlet box. One jaw is fixedly secured to the bushing... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4494779 | Connector fitting for electrical box A connector fitting by which corrugated conduit can be quickly connected to an electrical box. The fitting includes a pair of hingedly interconnected semi-cylindrical collars. Two spaced, box engaging projections are carried on, and extend axially from ea... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4424406 | Cable entry port means for electrical outlet box An electrical outlet box has electrical power cable entry ports in which one or more closure panels are each mounted adjacent the rim of the aperture along one edge portion only of the panel, the remaining portion of each panel being free and extending su... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4389535 | Cable entry port means for electrical outlet box An electrical outlet box has electrical power cable entry ports in which one or more closure panels are each mounted adjacent the rim of the aperture along one edge portion only of the panel, the remaining portion of each panel being free and extending su... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4348547 | Electrical outlet box with recessed ports An electrical outlet box includes a set of cable entry ports arranged along a wall of the box. One of the ports is recessed inwardly of the box wall by a recessed wall portion, or shelf, formed adjacent a port structure associated with mounting wiring dev... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4198537 | Connector A connector for joining a flexible metallic raceway to an electrical enclosure comprising a nonconductive body portion having enclosure engaging means, raceway insertion limiting means and a protected conductor entrance throat and a conductive plate engag... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4140869 | Constant grip flexible connector for flexible electrical conduit Constant grip flexible connector apparatus for flexible electrical conduit is disclosed which comprises a coupling portion to provide a threaded engagement with the electrical conduit and a positive connection for electrical connection between the conduit... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4103101 | Outlet box connector and combination A one-piece connector for connecting electric cables to an electrical outlet box comprises a tubular body having an inner portion adapted to fit inside an opening in an outlet box, an outer portion adapted to receive a sheathed cable therein, an annular s... | 07/25/1978 |
