US 11,721,968 B2
Conduit cap
Mark P. Morgan, Norfolk, CT (US); Baylen Smith, Ball Ground, GA (US); and Philip J. Blouin, Torrington, CT (US)
Assigned to East Coast Lightning Equipment Inc., Winsted, CT (US)
Filed by East Coast Lightning Equipment Inc., Winsted, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/107,045, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140591 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 15/046 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conduit cap comprising:
a cap defining an axial blind first threaded opening and having a top surface and an interior cylindrical rim coaxial with said first threaded opening and having a radially outward facing clamp surface defining a second threaded opening transverse to said first threaded opening and having two outwardly projecting angularly spaced shoulders;
an outer clamp member defining a third opening alignable with said second threaded opening and a pair of parallel clamp member recesses, said outer clamp member having two pairs of opposed wings, each pair of wings defining a recess dimensioned to receive one of said two outwardly projecting angularly spaced shoulders; and
a bolt insertable through said third opening and threadably engageable in said second threaded opening to clamp said outer clamp member to said clamp surface in a first clamping position with one of said two outwardly projecting angularly spaced shoulders received between each pair of wings,
wherein said top surface faces axially opposite said cylindrical rim and connects the cylindrical rim to the first threaded opening.