Patent ID: 8864502

Claim:
A grounding connector for mechanically connecting and electrically grounding two conductors together, comprising: a first bolt; a second bolt; a first body section having an open position, a closed position, a first channel for receiving one of the conductors therein, a first aperture for receiving the first bolt therethrough, and a first slot for engaging the second bolt in the closed position; a second body section having a second channel for receiving the other conductor therein, and a second aperture and a third aperture for receiving the first bolt and second bolt therethrough; wherein when the first body section is in the open position, the two conductors can be configured in parallel or transversely without reorienting the first and second body sections and are mechanically connected and electrically grounded when the first body section is in the closed position; and wherein the grounding connector comprises a third body section having a fourth and a fifth aperture for receiving the first and second bolts, respectively, and wherein one of the conductors is situated in the first channel between the first body section and the second body section and wherein the other conductor is situated in the second channel between the second body section and the third body section.