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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Robert Yanniello, Asheville, NC (US);
David Glenn Loucks, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An improved bus bar apparatus is usable in high temperature electrical terminations and is configured to provide sufficient heat dissipation such that when connected at one end with a 90° C. wire, the bus bar apparatus is at most only at 75° C. at another end thereof, which end can be connected with a lower temperature electrical component such as a circuit interrupter. The bus bars apparatus may include bus bars that extend directly between the high temperature wires and the low temperature electrical component, or the bus bar apparatus may additionally include wires that are electrically interposed between the low temperature region of the bus bars and the electrical component. Additional cooling could be provided by employing oversized wires. The bus bars may additionally include fins, fans, or supplementary heat sinks to enhance thermal convection of the bus bar. The bus bar apparatus additionally can be provided with its own enclosure to be usable in a retrofit situation.