Electrical busway connector assemblies and methods of manufacturing same
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsSheng Zhong, Darren Dale Tremelling, Marius Rutkevičius
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Abstract
An electrical busway system including one or more busbar assemblies and one or more connector assemblies. Each busbar assembly includes a plurality of busbars. Each connector assembly includes a plurality of connector subassemblies fitted together within a clamp assembly. Each connector subassembly includes a conducting portion, an insulating portion surrounding an exterior of the conducting portion, and a channel proximate an interior of the conducting portion, the channel being configured to receive one of the plurality of busbars.
Claims20
An electrical busway system, the electrical busway system comprising:
- one or more busbar assemblies, each busbar assembly comprising a plurality of busbars;
- and
- one or more connector assemblies, each connector assembly comprising a plurality of connector subassemblies fitted together within a clamp assembly,
- wherein each connector subassembly comprises a conducting portion, and an insulating portion encapsulating the conducting portion,
- wherein the conducting portion and the insulating portion of each connector subassembly define an interior channel, and
- wherein the interior channel is configured to receive one of the plurality of busbars.
A method of manufacturing an electrical busway system, the method comprising:
- providing one or more busbar assemblies, each busbar assembly comprising a plurality of busbars;
- molding one or more connector assemblies, each connector assembly comprising a plurality of connector subassemblies fitted together within a clamp assembly, wherein:
- each connector subassembly comprises a conducting portion, and an insulating portion encapsulating the conducting portion,
- the conducting portion and the insulating portion of each connector subassembly define an interior channel, and
- the interior channel is configured to receive one of the plurality of busbars;
- and
- fitting together the one or more busbar assemblies and the one or more connector assemblies by positioning the one of the plurality of busbars within the interior channel of each connector subassembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.