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US 7,578,711 B2Granted
Devices, systems, and method for coupling electrical conductors
AssigneeSiemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
InventorKristopher Scott Robinson
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which can comprise a lug coupler that comprises a set of bus bars. Each of the set of bus bars can be adapted to be releasably attached to a corresponding terminal of a set of terminals of a circuit breaker. The system can comprise a set of studs adapted to engage a corresponding set of apertures defined by an end connector of one of a set of electrical leads adapted to be electrically coupled to the lug coupler.
Claims19
A system, comprising:
- a lug coupler comprising a set of bus bars, each of said set of bus bars releasably attached to a corresponding terminal of a set of terminals of a circuit breaker, each of said set of bus bars snapably connected, via an engagement of a tooth with a corresponding aperture, to an electrically non-conductive housing of said lug coupler, said lug coupler comprising a mounting tab, said mounting tab releasably attaching said lug coupler to a port defined by a support, each of said set of bus bars comprising a lip, when each of said set of bus bars is snapably connected to said electrically non-conductive housing, said lip contacting an extended edge of said electrically non-conductive housing, said extended edge restraining a connected bus bar from motion in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of a stud mounted through said connected bus bar.
A method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising:
- electrically coupling a lug coupler to a circuit breaker, said lug coupler comprising a set of bus bars, each of said set of bus bars releasably attached to a corresponding terminal of a set of terminals of a circuit breaker, each of said set of bus bars snapably connected, via an engagement of a tooth with a corresponding aperture, to an electrically non-conductive housing of said lug coupler, said lug coupler comprising a mounting tab, said mounting tab releasably attaching said lug coupler to a port defined by a support, each of said set of bus bars comprising a lip, said lug coupler comprising a set of threaded studs engaging a corresponding set of apertures defined by an end connector of one of said set of electrical leads, a head of each of said set of threaded studs substantially surrounded and electrically isolated by said defined cavities of said electrically non-conductive housing.
A device, comprising:
- a set of bus bars, each of said set of bus bars releasably attached to a corresponding terminal of a set of terminals of a circuit breaker,
- each of said set of bus bars snapably connected, via an engagement of a tooth with a corresponding aperture, to an electrically non-conductive housing of, said electrically non-conductive housing comprising a mounting tab, said mounting tab releasably attaching said device to a port defined by a support, each of said set of bus bars comprising a lip, said housing substantially surrounding each head of a set of studs, each of said set of studs mechanically connected to an end connector of said set of electrical leads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.