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US3339015A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Insulator and bus assembly with spring plate and bolt lock plate

Assignee: DOSSERT Manufacturing CORP
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Filing: 1966-09-23
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Granted: 1967-08-29
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Expires: 1986-09-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Alfred B Gunthel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 20:20
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B17/00; H01B17/38; H01B17/40; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S411/00; Y10S411/955; Y10S411/956; Y10S411/96; Y10S411/974; Y10S411/983

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 293 words
AN ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BUS HAVING HOLES EXENDING THERETHROUGH AND AN INSULATOR HAVING THREADED HOLES ALIGNED WITH SAID BUS HOLES, RESPECTIVELY, AN ELONGATED RESILIENT PLATE, SAID PLATE BEING DISHED LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY AND HAVING HOLES RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT ITS ENDS SPACED APART BY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HOLES IN THE BUS, PART OF SAID BUS BEING SITUATED BETWEEN SAID RESILIENT PLATE AND SAID INSULATOR AND SAID LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY DISHED RESILIENT PLATE HAVING A CONVEX SURFACE ENGAGING SAID BUS, A SECOND PLATE ALSO HAVING HOLES ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF, RESPECTIVELY, SAID HOLES OF SAID SECOND PLATE RESPECTIVELY COINCIDING WITH SAID HOLES IN SAID RESILIENT PLATE, AND SAID SECOND PLATE BEING IN REGISTRY WITH SAID RESILIENT PLATE, A PAIR OF TABS INTEGRALLY FORMED IN SAID SECOND PLATE ADJACENT SAID HOLES THEREOF, RESPECTIVELY, AND ADAPTED TO BE BENT OUT OF THE PLANE OF SAID SECOND PLATE ADJACENT SAID HOLES THEREOF, AND BOLTS HAVING POLYGONAL HEADS THICKER THAN THE LENGTHS OF SAID TABS AND SITUATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO SAID TABS, EACH BOLT HEAD HAVING FLAT SIDE SURFACES EACH OF WHICH HAS AN AREA GREATER THAN THE TOTAL AREA OF EACH TAB, SAID BOLTS EXTENDING THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE BUS AND THE HOLES IN SAID RESILIENT AND SECOND PLATES AND THREADED INTO SAID THREADED HOLES OF SAID INSULATOR, WHEREBY SAID RESILIENT PLATE MAY BE AT LEAST PARTLY STRAIGHTENED UPON TIGHTENING OF THE BOLTS TO HOLD THE BUS RESILIENTLY ON THE INSULATOR AND SAID TABS BEING BENT THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 90* INTO ENGAGEMENT AT THEIR ENTIRE AREAS WITH A PAIR OF SAID FLAT SURFACES OF SAID POLYGONAL HEADS OF SAID BOLTS, RESPECTIVELY TO PREVENT TURNING OF THE LATTER, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID RESILIENT PLATE HOLES BEIN GOF AN ELONGATED CONFIGURATION AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID RESILIENT PLATE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 293 words
AN ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A BUS HAVING HOLES EXENDING THERETHROUGH AND AN INSULATOR HAVING THREADED HOLES ALIGNED WITH SAID BUS HOLES, RESPECTIVELY, AN ELONGATED RESILIENT PLATE, SAID PLATE BEING DISHED LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY AND HAVING HOLES RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT ITS ENDS SPACED APART BY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HOLES IN THE BUS, PART OF SAID BUS BEING SITUATED BETWEEN SAID RESILIENT PLATE AND SAID INSULATOR AND SAID LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY DISHED RESILIENT PLATE HAVING A CONVEX SURFACE ENGAGING SAID BUS, A SECOND PLATE ALSO HAVING HOLES ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF, RESPECTIVELY, SAID HOLES OF SAID SECOND PLATE RESPECTIVELY COINCIDING WITH SAID HOLES IN SAID RESILIENT PLATE, AND SAID SECOND PLATE BEING IN REGISTRY WITH SAID RESILIENT PLATE, A PAIR OF TABS INTEGRALLY FORMED IN SAID SECOND PLATE ADJACENT SAID HOLES THEREOF, RESPECTIVELY, AND ADAPTED TO BE BENT OUT OF THE PLANE OF SAID SECOND PLATE ADJACENT SAID HOLES THEREOF, AND BOLTS HAVING POLYGONAL HEADS THICKER THAN THE LENGTHS OF SAID TABS AND SITUATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO SAID TABS, EACH BOLT HEAD HAVING FLAT SIDE SURFACES EACH OF WHICH HAS AN AREA GREATER THAN THE TOTAL AREA OF EACH TAB, SAID BOLTS EXTENDING THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE BUS AND THE HOLES IN SAID RESILIENT AND SECOND PLATES AND THREADED INTO SAID THREADED HOLES OF SAID INSULATOR, WHEREBY SAID RESILIENT PLATE MAY BE AT LEAST PARTLY STRAIGHTENED UPON TIGHTENING OF THE BOLTS TO HOLD THE BUS RESILIENTLY ON THE INSULATOR AND SAID TABS BEING BENT THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 90* INTO ENGAGEMENT AT THEIR ENTIRE AREAS WITH A PAIR OF SAID FLAT SURFACES OF SAID POLYGONAL HEADS OF SAID BOLTS, RESPECTIVELY TO PREVENT TURNING OF THE LATTER, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID RESILIENT PLATE HOLES BEIN GOF AN ELONGATED CONFIGURATION AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID RESILIENT PLATE.

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