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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Jason P. Wiant, Bedford, TX (US);
Harry W. Josten, Grapevine, TX (US);
Jason P. Wiant, Bedford, TX (US);
Harry W. Josten, Grapevine, TX (US);
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
For use in switchgear equipment having channel bus bars joined together at a bus joint, there is provided a channel bus splice assembly and method. The channel bus splice assembly comprises switchgear or switchboard equipment having channel bus bars joined together at a bus joint, there is provided a channel bus splice assembly. The channel bus splice assembly comprises an inner splice plate defining a plurality of throughbores. A sliding clamp plate is configured to reciprocally move within the inner splice plate. The sliding clamp plate defines a plurality of access ports. A pair of nut plates is coupled to the sliding clamp plate and having threaded orifices corresponding to selected throughbores in the inner splice plate. An outer splice plate having a plurality of throughbores corresponding to the threaded orifices in the nut plates.