US 11,769,967 B2
Cover and locking member for electrical devices
Jeremy Jushchyshyn, Willow Grove, PA (US); Michael Anthony Bucciero, Pennsauken, NJ (US); and Nicholas Polidori, Medford, NJ (US)
Assigned to BURNDY LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by Burndy, LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,902.
Application 17/858,902 is a continuation of application No. 17/161,520, filed on Jan. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,404,825.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,880, filed on Jan. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344869 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 13/53 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/639 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5213 (2013.01); H01R 13/53 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking member for locking a cover covering a high voltage electrical connector, the locking member comprising:
a shaft including:
a tip portion;
a gripping portion adjacent the tip portion, the gripping portion having a first end, a second end and a spiral shaped flange wrapped around the shaft and extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the spiral shaped flange includes a plurality of helix-like structures joined in series on the shaft; and
a holding portion adjacent the gripping portion, the holding portion having a first end starting at an outer surface of the second end of the gripping portion and a second end; and
a head portion at an end of the shaft adjacent the holding portion.