Patent ID: 7262364

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an electrical cable coupler shell having first and second halves with open end portions configured for telescopic movement along an axis; a first clamp structure on the first shell half; a second clamp structure on the second shell half; and a third clamp structure receivable in screw-threaded engagement with the first clamp structure for movement axially and rotationally relative to the first shell half; the third clamp structure being configured to engage the second clamp structure so as to rotate relative to the second shell half, and simultaneously to impart axial movement to the second shell half, upon moving axially and rotationally in screw-threaded engagement with the first clamp structure; wherein the first clamp structure comprises a screw-threaded bolt mounted on the first shell half, and the third clamp structure comprises a nut that is receivable on the bold and movable axially against the second clamp structure upon rotating on the bolt; and further comprising a fourth clamp structure which is located on the first shell half, which defines a passage through which the bolt can extend in a direction parallel to the axis, and which defines a pocket configured to receive the nut upon axial movement of the nut on the bolt.