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US 2010/0203748 A1Published application
Electrical ground connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorsPeter M. Wason, Peter Therrien
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Abstract
An electrical ground connector assembly including a bus bar adapted to have a plurality of electrical wires separately connected thereto; and a combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly directly connected to the bus bar. The combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to directly connect an electrical conductor thereto. The combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly extends from the bus bar in a generally cantilever fashion and is configured to supportingly attach the bus bar to a structure.
Claims28
An electrical ground connector assembly comprising:
- a bus bar adapted to have a plurality of electrical wires separately connected thereto;
- a combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly directly connected to the bus bar, wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to directly connect an electrical conductor thereto,
- wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly extends from the bus bar in a generally cantilever fashion and is configured to supportingly attach the bus bar to a structure.
An electrical ground connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connection section comprising:
- a bus bar adapted to have a plurality of electrical wires separately connected thereto;
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- a post connector directly connected to the bus bar, wherein the post connector is adapted to physically support the bus bar on a structure, wherein the bus bar and post connector are adapted to be reconfigured relative to each other into at least two different configurations of the electrical ground connector assembly;
- and a system for connecting the electrical ground connector assembly to at least two different types of structures, wherein in a first one of the configurations a portion of the post connector is adapted to extend through a hole in a first one of the structures, and wherein in a second one of the configurations the post connector and the bus bar are configured to be substantially entirely located outside a second one of the structures at an exterior side of the second structure.
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An electrical ground connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connection section comprising:
- a bus bar adapted to have a plurality of electrical wires separately connected thereto;
- and
- a combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly directly connected to the bus bar, wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to directly connect an electrical conductor thereto, and wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to physically support the bus bar on a structure;
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- a system for connecting the electrical ground connector assembly to at least two different types of structures, wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to connect to the electrical conductor inside the structure with the bus bar located outside the structure, and the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to alternatively connect to the electrical conductor outside the structure with the bus bar located outside the structure.
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A method comprising:
- connecting a combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly directly to a bus bar in a first configuration, wherein the bus bar adapted to have a plurality of electrical wires separately connected thereto, wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is directly connected to the bus bar with an electrical connection section of the assembly orientated at a first side of the bus bar, and wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to physically support the bus bar on a first structure in a general cantilevered fashion;
- alternatively connecting the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly directly to the bus bar in a second different configuration with the electrical connection section of the assembly orientated at a second different side of the bus bar, wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to physically support the bus bar on a second different structure in a general cantilevered fashion.
A method comprising:
- providing an electrical bus bar comprising a middle section with a post hole, and wire receiving areas on opposite sides of the post hole;
- connecting a mounting post to the bus bar by a connection comprising inserting the mounting post into the post hole through a first side of the bus bar to attach the bus bar to the mounting post in a first configuration;
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- providing the connection as an alternative connection wherein the mounting post can be inserted into the post hole through a second opposite side of the bus bar to attach the bus bar to the mounting post in a second different configuration,
- wherein the mounting post is adapted to attach the bus bar on a structure in either the first configuration or the second configuration.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure forming a socket configured to have an electrical meter connected thereto;
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- an electrical ground connector assembly mounted to the enclosure, wherein the electrical ground connector assembly comprises:
- a bus bar adapted to have a plurality of electrical wires separately connected thereto;
- a combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly directly connected to the bus bar, wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly is adapted to directly connect an electrical conductor thereto,
- wherein the combined electrical connection and mounting post assembly comprises a connection section located inside the enclosure which is adapted to have the electrical conductor directly attach thereto inside the enclosure, and wherein the bus bar is located outside of the enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.