IP Library Granted Patent US 10,574,041
Granted Patent B2
US 10,574,041 · App. 14/727,825 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Method of establishing an electrical connection

Inventors: Bruce Bier (Warren, NJ); Jeffrey L. Madden (Bernardsville, NJ)
Assignee: Richards Manufacturing Company, LP
H02G1/14H02G5/00H02G15/113H02G3/263Y10T29/49195Y10T29/49197
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Patent No.
US 10,574,041
App. No.
14/727,825
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method for interconnecting mains cables used for underground secondary low-voltage AC network systems utilizing an improved crab joint connector arranged to maximize the number of interconnections in a compact design wherein the plurality of legs are arranged in a rectangle configuration and a single bus leg is positioned at an end of an insulated housing.

Claims (4)

1. A method of establishing an electrical connection comprising the steps of:

connecting a plurality of cable mains in a rectangular configuration to a cable joint assembly; and

connecting a bus connection to a non-limitered bus connector of the cable joint assembly at a location substantially adjacent to and substantially external of the rectangular configuration and at a location substantially along a centerline of the rectangular configuration.

2. The method of establishing an electrical connection of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cable mains and the bus connection are connected to the cable joint assembly via a compression connection.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
To: ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, LLC; RICHARDS MFG. CO. SALES, LLC; RICHARDS MFG. CO., A NEW JERSEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Reel/Frame 070703/0807 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2024
From: RICHARDS MFG. CO., A NEW JERSEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; RICHARDS MFG. CO., A NEW JERSEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
To: RICHARDS MFG. CO. SALES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069544/0370 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2023
From: ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, LLC; RICHARDS MFG. CO. SALES, LLC; RICHARDS MFG. CO., A NEW JERSEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
To: CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 064356/0552 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME TO RICHARDS MFG. CO. SALES INC. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 057390 FRAME: 0763. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: BIER, BRUCE; MADDEN, JEFFREY L.
To: RICHARDS MFG. CO. SALES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058644/0240 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2021
From: BIER, BRUCE; MADDEN, JEFFREY L.
To: RICHARDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY SALES INC.
Reel/Frame 057390/0763 →