Patent ID: 9136680
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A protective fitting for low voltage electrical conduit, the low voltage electrical conduit having a substantially threaded inner surface and a terminal end defining a peripheral edge, the protective fitting comprising: a substantially tubular body sized such that an outer peripheral surface of the tubular body is configured to frictionally contact at least a portion of the threaded inner surface of the low voltage electrical conduit to releaseably secure the substantially tubular body to the terminal end of the low voltage electrical conduit when the substantially tubular body is inserted therein, the tubular body having open opposing terminal ends, the outer peripheral surface comprising a threaded outer surface having a thread pattern consisting of two sidewalls extending normally from the tubular body and in spaced apart relationship to one another and a convex portion extending between the sidewalls such that the tubular body is configured to mate with a helically wrapped, loosely interlocked strip forming the low voltage electrical conduit; a plurality of protrusions disposed between the two sidewalls of the thread pattern, the plurality of protrusions extending in a helical pattern around the outer peripheral surface; a flange extending from the outer peripheral surface of at least one of the terminal ends of the substantially tubular body; and wherein when the protective fitting is inserted with the terminal end of the low voltage electrical conduit, the protective fitting is capable of preventing wiring extending from the at least one of the terminal ends having the flange from contacting the peripheral edge of the terminal end of the low voltage electrical conduit.