IP Library Granted Patent US 10,605,379
Granted Patent B2
US 10,605,379 · App. 16/188,121 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Conductor guide system

Inventors: Joseph R. Gerardo (Victorville, CA); Andrew M. Gilmore (Villa Rica, GA)
Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
F16L3/1075H02G1/06H02G11/00
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Patent No.
US 10,605,379
App. No.
16/188,121
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conductor guide system for guiding one or more conductors is disclosed. The conductor guide system can include a first base section and a second base section. A joint can be used to assemble the first base section and the second base section in series. The conductor guide system can further include a roller assembly for holding one or more conductors. The roller assembly, when mounted on one of the first base section or the second base section, holds the one or more conductors off of the one of the first base section or the second base section to which the roller assembly is mounted.

Claims (60)

1. A conductor guide system comprising:

a first base section;

a second base section;

a joint for assembling the first base section and the second base section in series; and

a roller assembly for holding one or more linear elements, wherein the roller assembly comprises a head portion and a foot, wherein the roller assembly is mountable on one of the first base section or the second base section via the foot, wherein the roller assembly is repositionable along a length of at least one of the first base section or the second base section, and wherein the head portion of the roller assembly is spaced apart from the foot of the roller assembly and from the one of the first base section or the second base section when the roller assembly is mounted on the one of the first base section or the second base section.

2. The conductor guide system of claim 1 , wherein the first base section comprises a plurality of tubular members.

3. The conductor guide system of claim 2 , wherein at least a first tubular member of the plurality of tubular members of the first base section telescopes within a second tubular member of the plurality of tubular members of the first base section.

4. The conductor guide system of claim 1 , wherein the roller assembly, when mounted on the one of the first base section or the second base section, holds the one or more linear elements off of the one of the first base section or the second base section on which the roller assembly is mounted.

5. The conductor guide system of claim 1 , wherein the second base section comprises a plurality of tubular members.

6. The conductor guide system of claim 5 , wherein at least a first tubular member of the plurality of tubular members of the second base section telescopes within a second tubular member of the plurality of tubular members of the second base section.

7. The conductor guide system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first base section or the second base section is adjustable to a plurality of lengths.

8. The conductor guide system of claim 1 , wherein the joint comprises a first pivot point, a second pivot point, and a third pivot point, and wherein the first base section is rotatable relative to the second base section via the first pivot point, the second pivot point, and the third pivot point of the joint.

9. The conductor guide system of claim 8 , wherein the second base section is rotatable relative to the first base section via the first pivot point, the second pivot point, and the third pivot point of the joint.

10. The conductor guide system of claim 1 , wherein the joint allows the first base section and the second base section to be placed in a linear configuration, an angled configuration, and a compound angled configuration relative one another.

11. The conductor guide system of claim 1 , wherein the joint comprises:

a first connector comprising

a first piece comprising

an outside plate, and

a post for connecting the joint to the first base section, and

a second piece comprising

an inside plate rotatably connected to the outside plate of the first piece of the first connector, and

a mating portion; and

a second connector comprising

a first piece comprising

an outside plate, and

a post for connecting the joint to the second base section, and

a second piece comprising

an inside plate rotatably connected to the outside plate of the first piece of the second connector, and

a mating portion rotatably coupled to the mating portion of the second piece of the first connector.

12. A conductor guide system comprising:

a first base section;

a second base section;

a joint for assembling the first base section and the second base section in series, wherein the joint comprises a first pivot point, a second pivot point, and a third pivot point, and wherein the first base section is rotatable relative to the second base section via the first pivot point, the second pivot point, and the third pivot point of the joint; and

a roller assembly for holding one or more linear elements, wherein the roller assembly comprises a head portion and a mounting portion, and wherein the one or more linear elements is maintained within the head portion of the roller assembly.

13. The conductor guide system of claim 12 , wherein the joint allows the first base section and the second base section to be placed in a linear configuration, an angled configuration, and a compound angled configuration relative one another.

14. The conductor guide system of claim 12 , wherein the joint comprises:

a first connector comprising

a first piece comprising

an outside plate, and

a post for connecting the joint to the first base section, and

a second piece comprising

an inside plate rotatably connected to the outside plate of the first piece of the first connector, and

a mating portion; and

a second connector comprising

a first piece comprising

an outside plate, and

a post for connecting the joint to the second base section, and

a second piece comprising

an inside plate rotatably connected to the outside plate of the first piece of the second connector, and

a mating portion rotatably coupled to the mating portion of the second piece of the first connector.

15. The conductor guide system of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the first base section or the second base section is adjustable to a plurality of lengths.

16. The conductor guide system of claim 15 , wherein the first base section comprises a plurality of tubular members and wherein the second base section comprises a plurality of tubular members.

17. The conductor guide system of claim 12 , wherein the roller assembly is repositionable along a length of the first base section and a length of the second base section.

18. The conductor guide system of claim 12 , wherein the mounting portion of the roller assembly comprises a foot for receiving one of the first base section or the second base section to mount the roller assembly on the one of the first base section or the second base section, and wherein the head portion of the roller assembly is spaced apart from the foot of the mounting portion of the roller assembly.

19. A conductor guide system comprising:

a first base section;

a second base section, wherein at least one of the first base section or the second base section is adjustable to a plurality of lengths;

a joint for assembling the first base section and the second base section in series; and

a roller assembly for holding one or more linear elements, wherein the roller assembly comprises a head portion and a foot, wherein the roller assembly is mountable on one of the first base section or the second base section via the foot, and wherein the head portion of the roller assembly is spaced apart from the foot of the roller assembly and from the one of the first base section or the second base section when the roller assembly is mounted on the one of the first base section or the second base section.

20. The conductor guide system of claim 19 , wherein the joint comprises a first pivot point, a second pivot point, and a third pivot point, and wherein the first base section is rotatable relative to the second base section via the first pivot point, the second pivot point, and the third pivot point of the joint.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, LLC; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC; SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; MADISON ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, LLC; NOVINIUM, LLC; NOVINIUM HOLDINGS, INC.; WATTEREDGE, LLC; TAPPAN WIRE & CABLE, LLC; UNITED COPPER INDUSTRIES, LLC; TOPAZ LIGHTING COMPANY LLC; OBI PARTNERS, LLC; WIIP, INC.
Reel/Frame 072299/0141 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENTS Recorded Oct 23, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, LLC (F/K/A COLEMAN CABLE, INC.); TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC (F/K/A TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CORPORATION); SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; MADISON ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, LLC; NOVINIUM, LLC; WATTEREDGE, LLC; TAPPAN WIRE & CABLE, LLC; UNITED COPPER INDUSTRIES, LLC; TOPAZ LIGHTING COMPANY LLC; OBI PARTNERS, LLC; WIIP, INC.
Reel/Frame 069235/0104 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2019
From: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, LLC; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049522/0643 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2019
From: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, LLC; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC; SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK
Reel/Frame 049522/0836 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2018
From: GERARDO, JOSEPH R.; GILMORE, ANDREW M.
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 047482/0212 →