Bus supports and related assemblies and methods
AssigneeTyco Electronics Canada ULC
InventorSachidanandan Murugiah
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Abstract
A bus support includes a corona shield portion and a bus support portion on the corona shield portion. The bus support portion includes an insulator engagement ledge including one or more mounting apertures configured to receive a fastener therethrough for mounting the bus support to an insulator. The bus support portion includes first and second bus support walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the insulator engagement ledge. Each bus support wall includes a U-shaped channel defined therein that is configured to receive and support a cylindrical and/or tubular bus conductor. The corona shield portion and the bus support portion form a monolithic structure.
Claims20
A bus support comprising:
- a corona shield portion;
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- a bus support portion on the corona shield portion, the bus support portion comprising:
- an insulator engagement ledge comprising one or more mounting apertures configured to receive a fastener therethrough for mounting the bus support to an insulator;
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- first and second bus support walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the insulator engagement ledge, each bus support wall including a U-shaped channel defined therein that is configured to receive and support a cylindrical and/or tubular bus conductor;
- wherein the corona shield portion and the bus support portion form a monolithic structure.
A method of forming a bus support, the method comprising:
- casting a one-piece aluminum bus support comprising:
- a corona shield portion and a bus support portion on the corona shield portion, the bus support portion comprising:
- an insulator engagement ledge comprising one or more mounting apertures configured to receive a fastener therethrough for mounting the bus support to an insulator;
- and
- first and second bus support walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the insulator engagement ledge, each bus support wall including a U-shaped channel defined therein that is configured to receive and support a cylindrical and/or tubular bus conductor;
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- machining the corona shield portion to be substantially smooth.
A bus support comprising:
- a corona shield portion and an integrally formed bus support portion on the corona shield portion, the bus support portion comprising:
- an insulator engagement ledge comprising one or more mounting apertures configured to receive a fastener therethrough for mounting the bus support to an insulator;
- first and second bus support walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the insulator engagement ledge, each bus support wall including a U-shaped channel defined therein that is configured to receive and support a cylindrical and/or tubular bus conductor, wherein each bus support wall comprises an outer surface and an opposite inner surface;
- a first weight reduction recess formed in the inner surface of the first bus support wall and extending downwardly past the insulator engagement ledge;
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- a second weight reduction recess formed in the inner surface of the second bus support wall and extending downwardly past the insulator engagement ledge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.