Patent · US Expired

Bus bar joint

US4859193A · kind A · utility

4Cited by

7References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

Heinz Pfannkuche · Bochum, DE
Uwe Schulte · Wetter, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 1984
Grant date	Aug 22, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 26, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60M1/346
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A joint for two electric current bus bars facing each other with one end each, includes similarly constructed sheet metal plug elements of rectangular cross section, respectively inserted in the bars, but projecting therefrom, and a U-shaped connecting element being a current conductor or an insulator clampingly engages the plug elements for interconnecting them, and having windows receiving strip like extensions of the plug element.

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