Patent ID: 8046888
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A yoke assembly for relieving stress/strain on an insulator string, the insulator string comprising a plurality of insulators and the insulator string adapted to support a conductor via an adapter at a dead-end of a transmission power system, the yoke assembly comprising: a first support member having first and second ends; a second support member having first and second ends, the second support member in communication and aligned with the first support member; a connection member comprising a plurality of members each having an aperture in alignment at each distal end, the connection member carried by the first and second support members in proximity to the first ends of first and second support members, the connection member releaseably securable to the adapter; and a pole connector assembly comprising a single member having an aperture at a distal end, the pole connector assembly pivotably connected in proximity to the second ends of the first and second support members, the pole connector assembly adapted to carry a pole to relieve stress/strain on an insulator string; wherein the first and second support members are spaced apart enough to fit over the adapter and hardware existing on the adapter and with said connection member and pole connector assembly being spaced apart from each other.