Riser panel lug

Claim 1

Lug means for establishing an electrical connection between a main cable and a branch wire including a main section forming a generally U-shaped open-ended channel to receive a main cable and including a web and generally parallel spaced arms having axially extending interior formations with undercut upper edges at the free ends of said arms and having transversely extending sectorshaped interior recesses in said arms; an auxiliary section including a recess to receive a branch wire and having transversely opposing and axially extending exterior formations with undercut upper edges for removably mounting said auxiliary section to said main section with close engagement of the formations to resist components of clamping forces tending to separate the spaced arms of said main section and to confine relative motion between said main and auxiliary sections to an axial direction and having a body portion which projects beyond said arms; an adjustable main clamping screw threadably engaging a tapped aperture in said auxiliary section and projecting into said channel transversely to said axial direction to clamp a cable positioned therein into firm electrical engagement with said lug means and cooperating by extension into said interior recesses to establish an axial position of said auxiliary section relative to said main section; and an adjustable auxiliary screw threadably engaging a second tapped aperture in said auxiliary section and projecting into said recess transversely to said axial direction and parallel to said main clamping screw to clamp a wire entering into said recess against said auxiliary section.