BUS CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

• US 3,727,171 A
• Filed: 07/23/1971
• Issued: 04/10/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bernard C. Teal, Gordon D. Waye, Sidney J. Coles
• Original Assignee: Bernard C. Teal, Gordon D. Waye, Sidney J. Coles
• Inventors: Coles, Sidney J., Teal, Bernard C., Waye, Gordon D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, David H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US05/165,461
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 339/242,19,22,95,198G,198GA,272 248/68,72
• US Class Current: 439/110
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/142 Their counterparts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/34 Conductive members located under head of screw

Abstract

A bus bar having a T-shaped cross section for receiving a sliding bus connector which is provided with a T-shaped recess corresponding to the T-shaped bus bar is disclosed herein. The bus connector is further provided with an aperture which is in partial communication with said recess to receive a suitable cable conductor therein. A set screw assures intimate contact of the wire conductor and the bus bar because of the common communication and the set screw pressure on the cable simultaneously fixes the location of the connector on the bus bar.

Claims

1. A connector assembly comprising an elongated bus bar, said bus bar comprising an elongated connecting part along the length of said bus bar, said connecting part being generally T-shaped in cross section, a unitary terminal connector hAving a recess therein , said recess being generally T-shaped in the cross section of said terminal connector to mate with said T-shaped connecting part with the top of said recess closely overlying said bus bar to capture said terminal connector against substantially all transverse movement on said bus bar while permitting longitudinal sliding movement of said terminal connector on said bus bar, said terminal connector having an aperture therein extending through said terminal connector transverse to the extension of said recess, said T-shaped connecting part at the top thereof extending upward into said aperture, said terminal connector having a tapped opening therein extending into said aperture, and a screw connector threaded into said tapped opening whereby when a conductor is positioned in said aperture said screw connector can be screwed in said tapped opening to force said conductor against said connecting part to thereby pressure connect said conductor to said connecting part and to thereby lock said terminal connector against longitudinal sliding movement of said bus bar.

2. A connector assembly according to claim 1, and the top surface of said connecting part being formed with serrations extending generally transverse to the direction of extension of said aperture.