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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1998
William Edward Wilkie, II, Fletcher, NC (US);
Rodney William Bruner, Fletcher, NC (US);
Neal Edward Rowe, Ashville, NC (US);
Steven Dale Walker, Arden, NC (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The interface conductors, stabs and runbacks, which are engaged at first ends by quick disconnects on electrical apparatus in a switchgear assembly, are fabricated from a stacked pair of elongated, flat conductors secured together at the first ends by elongated fasteners which are compressed into countersunk through apertures in the flat conductors to form a joint with no lateral projections. The interface conductors are supported adjacent the disconnects by a first support having a base member with through openings in which the conductors are snugly supported, and rigid projections with planar surfaces extending from the base member toward the quick disconnects alongside the openings and against which the interface conductors are secured adjacent free ends of the projections. A second support spaced rearward of the first support provides additional support for the runbacks. Interphase supports formed by C-channels are provided for the runbacks between the first and second supports.