Universal mid clamp
A clamp for securing a module to a rail. The clamp has a bolt having a head and a thread. The clamp includes an insert thread having a threaded aperture for receiving the thread of the bolt. The clamp having a body including an aperture to receive the bolt and wherein a first side of the body abuts the head of the bolt. The body includes a saw-toothed edge on a second side of the body opposing the first side of the body. The clamp includes a nut having a nut aperture for receiving the insert thread and the insert thread facilitating an electrical connection between the bolt and the nut. The nut having a first nut flange and a second nut flange extending toward the head of the bolt and wherein tightening of the bolt causes the nut and the body to approach one another causing the saw-toothed edge to pierce the module and the first nut flange and the second nut flange to engage and pierce notches of the rail.
1. A clamp for securing a module to a rail, the clamp comprising:
a bolt comprising a head and a thread;
an insert thread comprising a threaded aperture for receiving the thread of the bolt;
a body comprising:
an aperture to receive the bolt, wherein a first side of the body abuts the head of the bolt; and
a saw-toothed edge on a second side of the body opposing the first side of the body; and
a nut comprising:
a nut aperture for receiving the insert thread, the insert thread facilitating an electrical connection between the bolt and the nut; and
a first nut flange and a second nut flange extending toward the head of the bolt, wherein tightening of the bolt causes:
the nut and the body to approach one another;
the saw-toothed edge to pierce the module; and
the first nut flange and the second nut flange to engage and pierce notches of the rail.
2. The clamp of claim 1 , wherein the insert thread comprises stainless steel.