Patent ID: 11951573
Assignee: ALPHA/OMEGA ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  H | IPC B  F  H

Claim 4:
5. A method for securing a first welding lead connector to a second welding lead connector, the method comprising:
a. connecting the first welding lead connector to the second welding lead connector;
b. sliding a first hollow member onto the first welding lead connector, wherein the first hollow member has a first end, a second end, and an outward facing first ridge along the first end of the first hollow member;
c. sliding a second hollow member onto the second welding lead connector, wherein the second hollow member has a first end, a second end, and a first screw thread along an outer surface of the second hollow member, wherein the first end of the first hollow member is proximate to the second end of the second hollow member;
d. sliding a third hollow member onto the first hollow member;
e. screwing the third hollow member onto the second hollow member, wherein the first end of the first hollow member and the second end of the second hollow member are held proximate to one another inside the third hollow member space, wherein the third hollow member has a first end, a second end, and a second screw thread along an interior surface of the third hollow member that engages with the first screw thread of the second hollow member, wherein the third hollow member includes an inward facing second ridge along a first end of the third hollow member, and wherein the inward facing second ridge is adjacent to the outward facing first ridge of the first hollow member and blocks the outward facing first ridge from moving relative to the inward facing second ridge, thereby securing the first hollow member to the second hollow member,
wherein the first hollow member further comprises a first plurality of parallel lengthwise ridges along an inner surface of the first hollow member wherein the first plurality of ridges define a first plurality of parallel lengthwise channels along the inner surface of the first hollow member, wherein the first plurality of channels are configured to physically accommodate lengthwise ridges along a welding lead connector when the first hollow member is slid onto a welding lead connector.