US 11,905,015 B2
Mounting assembly for mounting clamp
Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Madison, OH (US); Adam Michael Deel, Bay Village, OH (US); Cameron Joseph Clines, Chagrin Falls, OH (US); Jacob Jeffrey Palmer, Chesterland, OH (US); Andrew James Hanneman, Mayfield Heights, OH (US); and Jonathon Randall Olszewski, Elyria, OH (US)
Assigned to Preformed Line Products Co., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed by Preformed Line Products Co., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/486,748.
Application 17/486,748 is a continuation of application No. 16/386,166, filed on Apr. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,130,572.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/794,897, filed on Jan. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/658,549, filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089282 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); F16B 2/10 (2006.01); H02G 1/02 (2006.01); F16B 2/18 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [F16B 2/10 (2013.01); F16B 2/18 (2013.01); H02G 1/02 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp comprising:
a first jaw;
a second jaw attached to the first jaw;
a biasing member having a first end attached to the first jaw and a second end attached to the second jaw, wherein the biasing member is configured to at least one of:
rotate the first jaw relative to the second jaw about an axis; or
rotate the second jaw relative to the first jaw about the axis; and
an arresting member comprising:
a first arresting portion attached to the first jaw;
an arresting pivot attached to the first arresting portion; and
a second arresting portion attached to the arresting pivot, the arresting member configured to engage at least one of the first jaw or the second jaw, the arresting member movable between a first position relative to at least one of the first jaw or the second jaw and a second position relative to at least one of the first jaw or the second jaw, wherein:
when the arresting member is in the first position, the first jaw and the second jaw are in an arrested position and the second arresting portion engages the second jaw to provide a physical interference to restrain rotation of the second jaw relative to the first jaw and to restrain rotation of the first jaw relative to the second jaw,
in the first position, the arresting member is configured to at least one of:
restrain rotation of the first jaw relative to the second jaw about the axis; or
restrain rotation of the second jaw relative to the first jaw about the axis,
in the second position, the arresting member is configured to at least one of:
enable rotation of the first jaw relative to the second jaw about the axis; or
enable rotation of the second jaw relative to the first jaw about the axis, and
when the arresting member moves from the first position to the second position, the first arresting portion and the second arresting portion pivot relative to each other about the arresting pivot to enable at least one of the first jaw or the second jaw to move between the arrested position and a closed position.