US 11,942,766 B2
Clamp apparatus
Matthew Nolte, Hickory, NC (US); Aaron Wood, Hickory, NC (US); Michael Mingus, Hickory, NC (US); Peter Shirilla, Hickory, NC (US); and Jonathon S. Spencer, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to Utility Solutions, Inc., Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by Utility Solutions, Inc., Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/038,015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,062, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0095704 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 1/02 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H02G 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/02 (2013.01) [H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H02G 3/32 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp apparatus, comprising:
a first half having a first end and a second end;
a second half having a first end and a second end, the first and second halves being connected together at the first ends; and
wherein the first and second halves are enclosed on three sides and partially open on a fourth side, such that when connected together, the partial opening of the first half is closed off by the second half and the partial opening of the second half is closed off by the first half, and wherein the second end of the first half and the second end of the second half are flared outwardly away from a centerline of the clamp apparatus to receive a conductor therebetween.