US 2017/0324201 A1Published application

Busbar connector assembly

AssigneeAmphenol Corporation

InventorsRandy SCHEPIS, Lonnie L. FISHER

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Abstract

A busbar connector assembly that includes a housing having two portions facing one another that each have an attachment section and a guide section. A first receiving area of the housing receives a first busbar. A second receiving area of the housing receives a second busbar. First and second contact members are coupled to the housing portions. The first and second contact members each have a fixed end and a flexible end having a busbar contact surface. The housing has first and second open ends leading into the receiving areas. The first open end has a continuous width. The second open end includes lead-in surfaces formed in the housing guide sections. The lead-in surfaces define a largest width of the second open end converging to a smallest width thereof. The smallest width of the second open end is substantially the same as the width of the first open end.

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Dependent claims

A busbar connector assembly, comprising:

a housing having first and second housing portions facing one another, each of said first and second housing portions having opposite inner and outer surfaces and two sections including an attachment section and a guide section;
a first receiving area is defined between said inner surfaces of said first and second housing portions at said attachment sections thereof, said first receiving area being configured to receive a first busbar;
a second receiving area is defined between said inner surfaces of said first and second housing portions at said guide sections thereof, said second receiving area being configured to receive a second busbar;
a first contact member coupled to said inner surface of said first housing portion at said attachment section thereof, said first contact member having a fixed end attached to said attachment section of said first housing portion and a flexible end having a busbar contact surface;
a second contact member coupled to said inner surface of said second housing portion at said attachment section thereof, said second contact member having a fixed end attached to said attachment section of said second housing portion and a flexible end having a busbar contact surface;
and
at least one fastener extending through said attachments sections of said first and second housing portions, through said first receiving area, and through said fixed ends of said first and second contact members,
wherein said housing has first and second open ends that lead into said first and second receiving areas, respectively, said first open end having a substantially continuous width between said attachment sections of said first and second housing portions, said second open end including first and second lead-in surfaces formed in said guide sections of said first and second housing portions, respectively, and said first and second lead-in surfaces defining a largest width of said second open end converging to a smallest width of said second open end,
wherein said smallest width of said second open end is substantially the same as said width of said first open end.

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A busbar connector assembly, comprising:

a housing having first and second housing portions facing one another, each of said first and second housing portions having opposite inner and outer surfaces and two sections including an attachment section and a guide section;
a first receiving area is defined between said inner surfaces of said first and second housing portions at said attachment sections thereof, said first receiving area receiving a first busbar having a first thickness;
a second receiving area is defined between said inner surfaces of said first and second housing portions at said guide sections thereof, said second receiving area receiving a second busbar having a second thickness, said second thickness of said second busbar is substantially the same as said first thickness of said first bus bar;
a first contact member coupled to said inner surface of said first housing portion at said attachment section thereof, said first contact member having a fixed end attached to said attachment section of said first housing portion and a flexible end having a busbar contact surface;
a second contact member coupled to said inner surface of said second housing portion at said attachment section thereof, said second contact member having a fixed end attached to said attachment section of said second housing portion and a flexible end having a busbar contact surface;
and
at least one fastener extending through said attachments sections of said first and second housing portions, through said fixed ends of said first and second contact members, and through said first busbar,
wherein said first busbar is fixed between said fixed ends of said first and second contact members and said second busbar is slidably received between said flexible ends of said first and second contact members such that said busbar contact surfaces of said flexible ends are in physical and electrical contact with surfaces of said second busbar.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/146,225Filed 4 May 2016
Published: 9 Nov 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H01R 25/162
Details: electrical connections between or with rails or bus-bars
H01R 4/305
Utilising a screw or nut clamping member: having means for facilitating engagement of conductive member or for holding it in position
H01R 4/42
Utilising a clamping member acted on by screw or nut: clamping area to one side of screw only
H01R 13/187
Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure: with spring member in the socket