MCCB current limiter lug adapter
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsWilliam George Eberts, Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr.
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Abstract
An adaptor assembly is provided. The adaptor assembly is structured to allow a cable of a first amperage to be coupled to, and placed in electrical communication with, a terminal of a different amperage. That is, an adaptor assembly includes a lug body and an adaptor body. The adaptor body is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the lug body. The lug body includes a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage. The adaptor body includes a conducting surface, wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.
Claims20
An adaptor member assembly for an adaptor assembly, said adaptor assembly including a lug assembly, said lug assembly including a lug body, said lug body including a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage, said adaptor assembly structured to be coupled to a circuit breaker, said circuit breaker including a housing assembly and a conductor assembly, said housing assembly defining a number of cavities, each said cavity including an associated terminal cavity, said conductor assembly including a number of elongated conductors, each said conductor including an elongated terminal end, each said conductor terminal end disposed in a terminal cavity, each conductor terminal end including a mating surface of a second amperage, wherein each conductor terminal end is a generally planar body with a passage extending between the planar surfaces, said adaptor member assembly comprising:
- an adaptor body including a passage and a conducting surface;
- wherein said passage is structured to be aligned with said conductor terminal end passage and structured to allow a coupling to pass therethrough;
- wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage;
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- said adaptor body structured to be coupled to both said lug body and said conductor terminal end.
An adaptor assembly for a circuit breaker, said circuit breaker including a housing assembly and a conductor assembly, said housing assembly defining a number of cavities, each said cavity including an associated terminal cavity, said conductor assembly including a number of elongated conductors, each said conductor including a terminal end, each said conductor terminal end disposed in a terminal cavity, each conductor terminal end including a mating surface of a second amperage, wherein each conductor terminal end is a generally planar body with a passage extending between the planar surfaces, said adaptor assembly comprising:
- a lug assembly including a lug body;
- an adaptor member assembly including an adaptor body;
- said adaptor body coupled to, and in electrical communication with, said lug body;
- said lug body including a cable passage, wherein said cable passage has a cross-sectional area corresponding to a cable of a first amperage;
- said adaptor body includes a passage and a conducting surface;
- wherein said passage is structured to be aligned with said conductor terminal end passage and structured to allow a coupling to pass therethrough;
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- wherein said conducting surface has a surface area corresponding to a conductor terminal end mating surface of a second amperage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.