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US 8,684,758 B2Granted
Terminal unit having fused combiner/distribution bus bar assembly
AssigneeMersen USA Newburyport-MA, LLC
InventorsAlan Gharabegian, Jerry L. Mosesian
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Abstract
A terminal unit having a bus bar assembly, a lug assembly, and one or more circuit protection devices attached to the bus bar assembly. The bus bar assembly includes a bus bar and a mounting unit for holding the bus bar and providing a structure for attaching circuit protection devices to the bus bar assembly. The bus bar is made of an electrically conductive material, while mounting unit is made of an electrically non-conductive (insulating) material, such as a plastic, thereby providing a “touch safe” enclosure.
Claims14
A terminal unit comprising:
- a bus bar assembly including:
- a bus bar made of electrically conductive material, said bus bar including an elongated conductor and a plurality of contact members, and
- a mounting unit made of an electrically non-conductive material, said mounting unit including:
- a sleeve portion having an elongated inner channel dimensioned to enclose the elongated conductor, said sleeve portion including an elongated slot through which said plurality of contact members extend, and
- a pair of outward extending flanges;
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- one or more circuit protection devices electrically connectable with the bus bar and a circuit, each circuit protection device including:
- a housing having first and second opposing engagement members respectively engageable with the pair of outward extending flanges of the mounting unit for attaching the circuit protection device to the bus bar assembly, and
- a terminal that makes electrical contact with one of said contact members when said circuit protection device is attached to the bus bar assembly.
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A bus bar assembly comprising:
- a bus bar made of electrically conductive material, said bus bar including an elongated conductor and a plurality of contact members for making electrical contact with a circuit protection device attachable to the bus bar assembly;
- a mounting unit made of an electrically non-conductive material, said mounting unit including:
- a sleeve portion having an elongated inner channel dimensioned to enclose the elongated conductor, said sleeve portion including an elongated slot through which said plurality of contact members extend, and
- a pair of outward extending flanges that respectively engage with first and second opposing engagement members of the circuit protection devices attachable to the bus bar assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.