Patent ID: 8602829
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A lug, comprising: a housing; a cavity in the housing configured to receive an electrical conductor carrying electrical current; a shoe having a hinge connecting the shoe to an inner wall of the housing; a terminal-receiving slot adjacent to the shoe such that the shoe is positioned between the cavity and the terminal-receiving slot, the terminal-receiving slot being configured to receive therein a terminal of a piece of electrical distribution equipment; a hole in the housing leading to the cavity for receiving through the hole a fastener, wherein a force applied to the fastener urges the conductor when positioned in the cavity to clamp against the shoe to cause the shoe to deflect about the hinge and to press against the terminal when received in the terminal-receiving slot to hold the lug in a secure relationship relative to the terminal and to hold the conductor in a secure relationship relative to the lug.