CONNECTING CLAMP Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: electrified railways and rail vehicles; connection of multiple-wire conductors. SUBSTANCE: connecting clamp has two blocks with troughs for conductors. Troughs are provided with projections. Projections of one block are displaced relative to projections of opposite troughs through 0.5 of distance between projections. Upper and lower troughs of blocks are provided with projections arranged in staggered order relative to each other with displacement through 0.5 of distance between projections. EFFECT: increased value of current passed through clamps and increased tensile load. 3 cl, 5 dwg