Electricity: conductors and insulators – Conduits – cables or conductors – Single duct conduits
Patent
1998-02-05
2000-03-07
Reichard, Dean A.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Conduits, cables or conductors
Single duct conduits
285162, H02G 318
Patent
active
060343265
ABSTRACT:
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 disposed within an interior bore of the fitting body and has a resiliently flexible body and a gripping end portion on the body defining a grip end. The grip end has a substantially scalloped configuration for gripping and fitting partially about the conduit so as to center the grip end of the spring clip body on the conduit. The grip end having the scalloped configuration is in the form of an arcuate concave-shaped edge surface on the gripping end portion of the body. The grip end of the spring clip body makes line contact with an inner convolution on an exterior of the conduit and makes at least a single point contact with an outer convolution on the exterior of the conduit. The grip end may be disposed at a predetermined angle for matching a predetermined pitch angle of the convolutions on the exterior of the conduit and thereby make line contact with the inner convolution on the exterior of the conduit and make a pair of point contacts with the outer convolution on the exterior of the conduit.
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'Hubbell Incorporated
Presson Jerry M.
Reichard Dean A.
Swartz Michael R.
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