Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visual latching indicator arrangement for an electrical bushing and terminator
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Application No.: US12623802Application Date: 2009-11-23
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Publication No.: US08399771B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Andrew Edgar Meyer , Todd Kim Knapp , Frank John Muench
- Applicant: Andrew Edgar Meyer , Todd Kim Knapp , Frank John Muench
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
- Current Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: H01B17/58
- IPC: H01B17/58

Abstract:
An elbow terminator has a socket in which an electrical probe is disposed. The terminator is insertable onto an electrical bushing such that a tongue of the bushing is received in the socket of the terminator, and the probe of the terminator is electrically coupled to a contact sleeve disposed within the tongue. A latching mechanism produces positive latching between the tongue and socket when the tongue has been inserted to a predescribed depth within the socket. In order to enable an operator to visually observe that the tongue has been inserted to the prescribed depth, the bushing carries a color band which becomes completely disposed (invisible) in the socket when positive latching occurs. Alternatively, the bushing can be provided with gauge tabs which become aligned with a witness line formed on the terminator when positive latching occurs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100068907A1 VISUAL LATCHING INDICATOR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL BUSHING AND TERMINATOR Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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