Patent ID: 6160217
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An isolation ground assembly for providing an isolated ground connection between a ground lead of a cable and a threaded ground post of an endplate, the assembly comprising:a ground stud including a nut segment connected to a longitudinally extending stud segment by a throat, the nut segment and stud segment defining first and second opposite ends of the ground stud, the stud segment having an outer surface, the ground stud defining a longitudinal bore having first and second portions extending from the first and second ends of the ground stud, respectively, a first threaded transverse bore extending from the outer surface of the stud segment to the first portion, and a second threaded transverse bore extending from the outer surface of the stud segment to the second portion, the second portion having a threaded surface, the ground stud further including a plurality of set screws, one of said set screws being threadably positionable in each of the threaded transverse bores;a longitudinally extending ground connector including an outer surface and oppositely disposed first and second ends, the ground connector defining a longitudinal bore having first and second segments extending from the first and second ends, respectively, and first and second threaded transverse openings extending from the outer surface of the ground connector to the first and second segments, respectively, the ground connector further including a plurality of set screws, one of the set screws being threadably positionable in each of the threaded transverse openings; anda ground wire having oppositely disposed first and second end portions, the first end portion of the ground wire being disposed within the first portion of the longitudinal bore of the ground stud and engaged by the set screw disposed in the first threaded transverse bore, the second end portion of the ground wire being disposed within the first segment of the longitudinal bore of the ground connector and engaged by the set screw disposed in the first threaded transverse opening;wherein the ground post of the endplate is threadably receivable within the second portion of the longitudinal bore of the ground stud and engageable by the set screw disposed in the second threaded transverse bore and the ground lead of the cable is receivable within the second segment of the longitudinal bore of the ground connector and engageable by the set screw disposed in the second threaded transverse opening.