Patent ID: 7674982
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A self-locking system for locking a section of suspended electrical conductor cable to a pin type insulator, the insulator having an upper arcuate saddle part, defining a groove for receiving therein the cable, and two opposite jutting parts, a main peripheral skirt body having an intermediate annular recess, and a lower end for engagement by an upright pin, said self-locking system comprising; an arcuate clasp defining a resilient web, first and second side arms integrally projecting from opposite ends of said web, each of said first and second side arms defining corresponding first free end flange and second free end flange opposite said web, said first free end flange being in spaced register with said second free end flange and defining therebetween a gap in the unbiased condition of said resilient web whereby a generally open pocket is circumscribed by said web and said side arms and for receiving therein the electrical conductor cable; said gap sized to accommodate free transverse passage of the electrical conductor cable; each of said side arms defining a recess sized for transverse through passage by a corresponding one of the jutting parts of the insulator saddle; wherein said first free end flange and said second free end flange form when assembled a complementary interlocking joint assembly; and biasing means, for biasing said clasp against the resiliency of said web to close said gap and to concurrently engage said first free end flange and said second free end flange into said interlocking joint assembly, said side arms sized to retainingly fit into the intermediate annular recess of the insulator beneath the jutting parts thereof when said first free end flange and said second free end flange become interlocked.