US 12,347,966 B2
Deadbreak connector
Bastiaan Van Besouw, Strongsville, OH (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on May 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/871,471.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,075, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0358222 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. H01R 13/53 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/53 (2013.01) [H01R 13/62 (2013.01); H01R 31/06 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a connector body having a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening that intersects the first and second openings;
a bushing including a bore removably positionable within the second opening;
a deadbreak cable connector including a second bore removably positionable within the third opening and an electrically conducting eyelet, the second bore extending partially through a length of the deadbreak cable connector; and
a loadbreak connector removably positionable within the first opening, the loadbreak connector including a threaded coupling portion integrally formed on the loadbreak connector, the threaded coupling portion is configured to threadedly engage the bore and the second bore, via the electrically conducting eyelet, such that the bushing connects to the deadbreak cable connector via the threaded coupling portion to removably secure the bushing, the deadbreak cable connector, and the loadbreak connector within the connector body.