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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Michael Jerome Whipple, Rochester, PA (US);
Robert Edwin Handick, Jr., Bulger, PA (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An adapter assembly is for a switching device assembly of an electrical system. The electrical system includes a bus assembly. The switching device assembly includes at least one cable and at least one electrical switching apparatus. The cable is electrically connected to the bus assembly. The electrical switching apparatus has a switching device lug member, a switching device lug fastener, and a load terminal. The switching device lug fastener connects the load terminal to the switching device lug member. The adapter assembly includes: a housing assembly having a base member; and at least one interconnect assembly including: an adapter lug member coupled to the base member, the adapter lug member receiving the cable, an adapter fastener securing the cable to the adapter lug member, and an adapter terminal coupled to the adapter lug member and the switching device lug member in order to provide an electrical pathway therebetween.