Control center with wedge and jaw connector for distributing electric power

• US 4,621,303 A
• Filed: 09/26/1984
• Issued: 11/04/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1984
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Paramount Global (f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc.))
• Original Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Paramount Global (f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc.))
• Inventors: Rowe, Neal E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellinen, A. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thompson, Gregory D.
• Application Number:
  US06/654,626
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• Field of Search: 200/248-251, 200/258-261, 200/237-238, 200/287, 200/50 AA, 361/334, 361/335, 361/338-339, 361/341-342, 361/353, 361/355, 361/361, 361/363, 361/376, 361/390-391
• US Class Current: 361/608
• CPC Class Codes: H02B 11/04 Isolating-contacts, e.g. mountings or shieldings

Abstract

A control center for distributing electric power characterized by a cabinet enclosing bus bars, a drawout stab assembly comprising a dielectric housing containing a clamping jaw for each bus bar, each clamping jaw having a wedge and wedge-receiving means for clamping the jaws tightly on the bus bar, and a nut and bolt assembly for releasably clamping the wedge in place.

Claims

1. A control center for distributing electric power from a power source to a power receiving device, comprising

(a) a cabinet having at least one bus bar,

(b) a power receiving device within the cabinet,

(c) conductor means electrically connecting the power receiving device to the bus bar and the means including a clamp,

(d) the clamp including a jaws assembly having a pair of jaws and a pivotal connection for the jaws;

(e) the pair of jaws being movable between clamped and unclamped positions of the bus bar;

(f) each jaw having an extended position on the side of the pivotal connection opposite the bus bar;

(g) wedge means for clamping the jaws to the bus bar and comprising a wedge and draw-in means for the wedge including a bolt and nut assembly;

(h) the bolt being secured to the pivotal connection and extending between the extended portions;

(i) the nut being mounted on the bolt adjacent to the wedge so as to move the wedge between the extended portions and to thereby clamp the jaws onto the bus bar; and

(j) the extended portions diverging apart so as to facilitate movement of the wedge.

2. The device of claim 1 in which an electrically insulative barrier encases the clamp and includes access opening means for access to the nut and bolt assembly.