Patent ID: 8672716

Claim:
An adjustable clamping device, comprising: a wedge pad having a first fastener hole and a wedge receiving surface; a conductor pad having a second fastener hole and a conductor receiving surface receiving a conductor along a length thereof and extending along a horizontal axis, said conductor receiving surface facing said wedge receiving surface receiving a wedge to clamp a conductor between said wedge and said conductor pad; a wedge receiving surface on said wedge pad sloping along a length thereof between first and second longitudinal ends thereof at an acute angle relative to said horizontal axis, said wedge being moved toward said conductor pad by moving along said wedge receiving surface in a direction from said first end to said second end; a fastener received by said first and second fastener holes to adjustably connect said wedge pad to said conductor pad; and a spring member disposed on said at least one fastener, abutting said wedge pad and biasing said wedge pad toward said conductor pad to facilitate retaining the wedge and the conductor between said wedge receiving surface and said conductor receiving surface.