US 11,855,399 B1
Grounding bushing installable to raceway before or after wires are in the raceway
Thomas J. Gretz, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Arlington Industries, Inc., Scranton, PA (US)
Filed by Arlington Industries, Inc., Scranton, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/209,527.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/993,753, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Int. Cl. H01R 4/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/655 (2006.01); H01R 13/512 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/643 (2013.01) [H01R 13/512 (2013.01); H01R 13/655 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grounding bushing comprising:
a substantially ring-shaped body including a stationary bushing portion and a rotatable bushing portion each having two ends, said ring-shaped body including a ring opening;
said stationary bushing portion including threaded bores on each end;
said rotatable bushing portion including a bottom edge, a first slot on said first end and a second slot on said second end, said slots having a slot opening;
a mounting fastener extending through each of said slots on said ends of said rotatable bushing portion and threaded into said threaded bores of said stationary bushing portion; and
said first end of said rotatable bushing portion is thicker than said second end of said rotatable bushing portion.