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US 4,785,378 AGranted
Loop-feed wiring arrangement for electric circuit breakers and switches
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsHeidemarie Hinckley, William M. Childs
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Abstract
Double-lug wiring assemblies are added to multipole electric circuit breaker load centers to allow for loop-feed connection between the load centers when employed within satellite power take-off facilities. The loop-feed arrangement results in a substantial savings in wire costs and installation time.
Claims4
A load center comprising:
- an insulative support;
- a line terminal lug attached to said support;
- a first lug electrically connected to said line terminal lug on one side of said line terminal lug and arranged for electrically connecting with a first conductor;
- a second lug electrically connected to said line terminal lug on an opposite side of said line terminal lug and arranged for electrically connecting with a second wire conductor;
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- a neutral bar including an elongated perimetrically closed tubular conductor having a pair of neutral lugs electrically connected thereto and arranged for electrically connecting with a third and fourth wire conductor, said first lug being attached to a Z-shaped strap, said Z-shaped strap terminating in a pair of offset ends wherein one of said offset ends is attached to said first lug and the other of said offset ends is electrically connected with said line terminal lug.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.