US 2013/0171849 A1Published application

Adjustable electrical busway joint

AssigneeGeneral Electric Company

InventorsBrian Frederick Mooney, Michael Richard Wood, Jeffery Lynn Cox, Gerald Witkoski, Mariusz Duda, Mark Schatz

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Abstract

An adjustable busway joint for coupling two longitudinally aligned busway sections is disclosed. The adjustable joint has a first plurality of electrically conductive splice plates defining a splice plate adjustment slot, and a second plurality of electrically conductive splice plates defining an aperture, wherein each splice plate of the second plurality of splice plates is disposed to overlap a portion of a corresponding splice plate of the first plurality of splice plates to form an electrical joint, and wherein the aperture is sized and disposed to overlap at least a portion of the first splice plate adjustment slot. The joint additionally has a first clamping member disposed through the splice plate adjustment slot and the aperture such that the first and said second pluralities of splice plates are operably movable with respect each other between a first compressed position and a second extended position.

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Dependent claims

A busway joint for coupling a first and a second busway section, the first and second busway sections being longitudinally aligned, the busway joint comprising:

a first plurality of electrically conductive splice plates disposed in spaced apart substantially parallel relationship, each splice plate of said first plurality of splice plates defining a first splice plate first retaining portion;
a second plurality of electrically conductive splice plates disposed in spaced apart substantially parallel relationship, each splice plate of said second plurality of splice plates disposed to overlap a portion of a corresponding splice plate of said first plurality of splice plates to form an electrical joint, each splice plate of said second plurality of splice plates defining a splice plate first adjustment portion substantially longitudinally aligned with said first plurality of splice plates and operably disposed to overlap a portion of a corresponding said first splice plate first retaining portion;
at least one first positioning member sized and configured to be operably disposed in said first splice plate first retaining portion and said second splice plate first adjustment portion;
said first and said second pluralities of splice plates being arranged for a longitudinal movement with respect each other between a first compressed position and a second extended position.

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A busway system, comprising:

a first electrical busway section;
a second electrical busway section, said first and said second busway sections being configured to be electrically coupled and disposed longitudinally offset from each other;
a busway joint disposed between and operative to couple said first and said second electrical busway sections, the busway joint comprising
a first plurality of electrically conductive splice plates disposed in spaced apart substantially parallel relationship, each splice plate of said first plurality of splice plates defining a first splice plate first retaining portion;
a second plurality of electrically conductive splice plates disposed in spaced apart substantially parallel relationship, each splice plate of said second plurality of splice plates disposed to overlap a portion of a corresponding splice plate of said first plurality of splice plates to form an electrical joint, each splice plate of said second plurality of splice plates defining a splice plate first adjustment portion substantially longitudinally aligned with said first plurality of splice plates and operably disposed to overlap a portion of a corresponding said first splice plate first retaining portion;
at least one first positioning member sized and configured to be operably disposed in said first splice plate first retaining portion and said second splice plate first adjustment portion;
said first and said second pluralities of splice plates being arranged for a longitudinal movement with respect each other between a first compressed position and a second extended position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.