Universal connector for securing bus bars to electrical equipment
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsSteven E. Meiners, Arthur J. Jur, Douglas M. Brandt
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Abstract
An electrical connector may be utilized to connect bus bars having a wide variety of configurations to a wide variety of electrical equipment, without modification to the bus bars, electrical equipment, or connector, with the exception of cutting the electrical connector to a desired length.
Claims18
An electrical connector for use between a bus bar system and electrical equipment, the electrical equipment having at least one pair of terminals, the bus bar system having a plurality of bus bars having a thickness, said electrical connector having a unitary, elongated structure comprising:
- a pair of first lengthwise flanges defining a first channel therebetween, said first channel being dimensioned and configured to receive one of said pair of terminals;
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- a plurality of second lengthwise flanges defining second channels therebetween, each of said second channels having an open edge and a closed edge, each of said second channels being dimensioned and configured to receive a bus bar, said second channels each having a first width adjacent to said open edge, and a second width adjacent to said closed edge, said first width being greater than said second width.
A circuit breaker, comprising:
- at least one pair of terminals;
- a bus bar system having a plurality of bus bars having a thickness;
- an electrical connector having a unitary, elongated structure, comprising:
- a pair of first lengthwise flanges defining a first channel therebetween, said first channel being dimensioned and configured to receive one of said pair of terminals;
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- a plurality of second lengthwise flanges defining second channels therebetween, each of said second channels having an open edge and a closed edge, each of said second channels being dimensioned and configured to receive a bus bar, said second channels each having a first width adjacent to said open edge, and a second width adjacent to said closed edge, said first width being greater than said second width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.