Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter
Patent
1985-01-11
1987-11-10
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
24463, 24499, 24502, 24511, 24DIG22, 204197, 269 34, 269254R, 294 661, 2941101, 439100, 439266, H01R 3300
Patent
active
047053313
ABSTRACT:
A self-actuating clamp for attachment to a structural member in a subsea environment is disclosed. The clamp includes a housing having spaced side members, a transverse compression plate mounted between the members across the top of the housing and external accessory mounting surfaces. A pair of opposed, elongated jaw members have their upper portions disposed within the housing, the upper portions of which include upper ends adapted for pivotal mating engagement for permitting limited pivotal movement between the members, with the lower portions of the jaw members projecting below the housing and adapted for opposing clamping engagement with the subsea structural member. Force exerting means, which in one embodiment may comprise a pair of leaf spring assemblies, are provided to cooperate with the housing and jaw members to exert sufficient forces on the jaw members to clamp the jaw members to the exterior surface of the structural member. A trigger actuating assembly is provided for maintaining the jaw members in an open position while the clamp is properly positioned over the structural member, and releases the jaw members for permitting the force exerting means to close the jaw members into clamping engagment with the subsea structural member. Locking apparatus may also be provided for locking the jaw members in the clamped position engaging the subsea structural member.
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Brittain James R.
Dorner Kenneth J.
Springs Darryl M.
Wayne Graham & Associates International, Inc.
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