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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Michael T. Gerken, West Hartford, CT (US);
Dennis C. Zuffelato, Kensington, CT (US);
Ramesh Babu, Hyderabad, IN;
Daniel Schlitz, Burlington, CT (US);
Joseph F. Noonan, Bolton, CT (US);
Robert A. Wall, Jr., Salisbury, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A multiple pole sub-feed for a panel board is disclosed. The sub-feed of the present invention includes extension bus bars which connect to the bus bars of the panel board and preferably linearly extend the length of the sub-feed. The sub-feed further includes bus connectors supported generally perpendicular to the extension bus bars and preferably extending the width of the sub-feed. The design allows for a plurality of poles of sub-feed to be accommodated by adding bus connectors to the end of the sub-feed, where each bus connector includes an opening for electrically connecting to one of the extension bus bars. Current passes from the extension bus bars to a metal retainer connecting the bus connector to the extension bus bars, to a current carrying strap in the bus connectors, to a current carrying spool located in a turret on the bus connectors, and then to a circuit breaker positioned above the bus connector about the turret.