US 2003/0119382 A1 · Medium voltage motor control center cold-welded electrical connector and method

Abstract

A medium voltage controller for electrical equipment, such as motors, transformers, reactors, and capacitors, having an arc resistant cabinet, swaged internal electrical connectors, a one-piece self-aligning withdrawable finger cluster, a pull-out instrument compartment, a load discharge device, cast fuse holders, disconnect switch, a switch illuminator, low power current transformers, and an optical temperature measuring system. Internal electrical connections between controller components are made with connectors and cables. The cable conductors are swaged or compression welded in the connector barrels, forming a cold-welded electrical and mechanical junction.

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Dependent claims

A terminal assembly for electrically connecting internal components in a controller, said terminal assembly comprising:

a cable for connecting a first electrical component in said controller to a second electrical component, said cable having a conductor body with a conductor end;
and
a connector having a conductive member and a barrel, said barrel being a conductive hollow cylinder with an opening in a longitudinal axis of said barrel, said opening adapted to receive said conductor end, said conductor body disposed in said opening, said conductor body cold-welded circumferentially to said barrel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Medium voltage motor control center cold-welded electrical connector and method

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Medium voltage motor control center cold-welded electrical connector and method

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Abstract

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