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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian Louis Hilgert, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Edward James Schultz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Universal Electric Corporation, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 5/00 ;
Abstract
An electrical busway housing system mechanically connected at the joints of adjoining housing sections by utilization of a coupling system having a top plate and a bottom plate, at least one of which has a roughened surface that provides superior gripping strength when the adjoining sections of busbar housing are clamped between them. Frictional clamping force is provided by a means of drawing the top plate and the bottom plate together and securing between them flanges or similar structural features of the busbar housing.