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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Carlton R. Rodrigues, Mount Juliet, TN (US);
Edgar Avalos Ortiz, Murfreeboro, TN (US);
Timothy P. O'leary, Antioch, TN (US);
Carlton R. Rodrigues, Mount Juliet, TN (US);
Edgar Avalos Ortiz, Murfreeboro, TN (US);
Timothy P. O'Leary, Antioch, TN (US);
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
A busway having multiple busbar conductors and pads composed of a thermally conductive, insulating material (TCIM) sandwiched in between each of the conductors and between the outermost conductors and the inside of the busway housing. The busway preferably includes three sets of TCIM pads, one set in the center of the busway, and a set at either end of the busway where a joint pack is installed to join multiple sections of busway sections together. The insulating material on the conductors has a cutout to expose the bare metal of the conductors, and a TCIM pad is placed directly on the exposed metal through the cutout, to form a thermal conduit between the busbar conductors to the metal housing of the busway, thereby reducing the temperatures of the busbar conductors and the joint pack during normal operation in which hundreds or thousands of amps of current are carried through the busway sections.