Patent ID: 6546600
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
In a ready assemble ready release cable clamp having a housing, a cable passage extending through said housing, a clamp wedge slidably disposed within said passage, for movement along a predetermined path, said wedge including a grip surface, a clamp surface in said passage disposed at an acute angle relative to said path, and spring means in said passage biased between said housing and said wedge for yieldingly urging said grip surface toward said clamp surface, the improvement which comprises an elongate slot formed in said housing in alignment with said path, a release projection on said wedge, said projection being slidably disposed within and extending outwardly through said slot, movement of said wedge toward said clamp surface being limited by engagement of said projection and an end portion of said slot, to thereby maintain said clamp surface and said grip surface in mutually spaced relation, an abutment on said housing aligned with said path, said projection being interposed between said grip surface and said abutment whereby said wedge is shifted away from said clamp surface responsive to compressive forces exerted between said abutment and said projection.