US 12,068,566 B2
Terminations for electrical wiring devices
Thomas L. Scanzillo, Monroe, CT (US); Matthew Jared Varney, Stratford, CT (US); Thomas Joseph Conti, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); and Connor Thomas Grant, Toms River, NJ (US)
Assigned to HUBBELL INCORPORATED, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/962,997.
Application 17/962,997 is a continuation of application No. 16/863,581, filed on Apr. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,495,895.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,335, filed on May 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036314 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 4/50 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/5008 (2013.01) 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical wiring device comprising:
a cover; and
a base having a wire chamber supporting a wire termination assembly, wherein the wire termination assembly includes:
a wire fastening member having at least one wire engaging surface, the wire fastening member being movable between an open position and a securing position;
a conductive member in close proximity to the wire fastening member such that a gap is provided between the at least one wire engaging surface and the conductive member when the wire fastening member is in the open position, and when an electrical conductor is positioned in the gap and the wire fastening member is moved from the open position to the securing position, the at least one wire engaging surface moves to engage the electrical conductor; and
a locking assembly having at least one holding member included on the base and configured to interact with at least a longitudinal surface of the wire fastening member so as to hold the wire fastening member in the securing position.