Patent ID: 11936173
Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. A guard assembly comprising:
a guard cover portion to cover a power line assembly, the power line assembly having an insulator; and
a clamp that connects to the insulator, and the guard cover portion clipping onto the clamp,
where the clamp has a fixed jaw and a moveable jaw that are moveable relative to one another to accommodate different sizes of the insulator,
wherein the clamp has a bolt that passes through the fixed jaw and the movable jaw,
wherein the bolt is rotatable to move the fixed jaw and the moveable jaw relative to one another, and
wherein the bolt is a torque bolt having a necked down area that is broken during installation of the guard assembly when a predetermined tension is applied.