G & W Electric Company

Janak R Patel

John S Schaffer

Robert J Wilk

Cooling rings of resilient thermally conductive material are installed over a current limiting fuse prior to insertion in a canister housing. The cooling rings provide a heat conduction path from the fuse to the canister wall, thereby reducing heat build up within the canister. The cooling rings are provided with recesses to reduce pressure build-up during fuse insertion in a canister.

Cooling apparatus for enclosed current limiting fuses

A bushing, having an elongated conductor substantially encased in insulating material, which extends in sealing relationship through an aperture in a sealed enclosure encasing an electrical apparatus, comprising a conductor having two parts, a first generally cylindrical rod part which is permanently fixed at its proximal end to the electrical apparatus and which extends therefrom toward the aperture, and a second sleeve part having a generally annular passage disposed to circumferentially engage substantially all of the first rod part and thereby provide a conductive path therebetween; a one-piece insulator permanently attached to and substantially encasing the sleeve part of the conductor; means for threadably connecting the two parts of the conductor such that connection and disconnection can be accomplished from outside the enclosure, thereby enabling disconnection of the sleeve part and the insulator from the electrical apparatus without opening the enclosure; and means for sealing the junction of the two parts of the conductor so as to contain the environment within the enclosure.

High voltage externally-separable bushing

An electric power distribution switch including an auxiliary biasing mechanism to assist the operator in closing the switch to overcome the resultant repulsive forces which oppose the closing forces provided by the operator.

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Tinley Park, IL, United States of America

Janak R Patel