Modular lug block assembly
First Claim
1. An electrical power connection block housing comprising:
- a first housing piece forming at least a portion of a first exterior side of the block housing, an interior side of the first housing piece having a first slot shaped bus bar mounting area; and
a second housing piece connected to the first housing piece, the second housing piece having a portion with a first side located directly opposite the interior side of the first housing piece and a second slot shaped bus bar mounting area on the first side of the second housing piece, wherein the first and second housing pieces form a first bus bar receiving area with the first and second bus bar mounting areas located generally opposite each other on opposite sides of the receiving area for capturing opposite side edges of a bus bar therebetween, and wherein the first and second housing pieces each comprise interlock connection sections with mating projections and recesses which are intermeshed with each other, wherein the first and second housing pieces form conductor passage apertures through front and rear end walls of the connection block housing.
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Abstract
An electrical power connection block housing including a first housing piece and a second housing piece. The first housing piece forms at least a portion of a first exterior side of the block housing. An interior side of the first housing piece has a first slot shaped bus bar mounting area. The second housing piece is connected to the first housing piece. The second housing piece has a portion with a first side located directly opposite the interior side of the first housing piece and a second slot shaped bus bar mounting area on the first side of the second housing piece. The first and second housing pieces form a first bus bar receiving area with the first and second bus bar mounting areas located generally opposite each other on opposite sides of the receiving area for capturing a bus bar therebetween.
22 Citations
28 Claims
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1. An electrical power connection block housing comprising:
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a first housing piece forming at least a portion of a first exterior side of the block housing, an interior side of the first housing piece having a first slot shaped bus bar mounting area; and
a second housing piece connected to the first housing piece, the second housing piece having a portion with a first side located directly opposite the interior side of the first housing piece and a second slot shaped bus bar mounting area on the first side of the second housing piece, wherein the first and second housing pieces form a first bus bar receiving area with the first and second bus bar mounting areas located generally opposite each other on opposite sides of the receiving area for capturing opposite side edges of a bus bar therebetween, and wherein the first and second housing pieces each comprise interlock connection sections with mating projections and recesses which are intermeshed with each other, wherein the first and second housing pieces form conductor passage apertures through front and rear end walls of the connection block housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
further comprising a third housing piece connected to the second housing piece, wherein the second housing piece has a second side opposite its first side, the second side of the second housing piece having a third slot shaped bus bar mounting area, and wherein the third housing piece has a first side located opposite the second side of the second housing piece, the first side of the third housing piece having a fourth slot shaped bus bar mounting area. -
7. An electrical power connection block housing as in claim 6 wherein the third housing piece forms at least a portion of a second exterior side of the block housing, the second exterior side being located on an opposite side of the block housing from the first exterior side.
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8. An electrical power connection block housing as in claim 6 further comprising a fourth housing piece to the third housing piece, wherein the third housing piece has a second side opposite its first side, the second side of the third housing piece having a fifth slot shaped bus bar mounting area, and wherein the fourth housing piece has a first side located opposite the second side of the third housing piece, the first side of the fourth housing piece having a sixth slot shaped bus bar mounting area.
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9. An electrical power connection block housing as in claim 8 wherein exterior sides of the first and fourth housing pieces comprise fastener mounting areas.
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10. An electrical power connection block housing as in claim 6 wherein exterior sides of the first and third housing pieces comprise fastener mounting areas.
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11. An electrical power connection block housing as in claim 6 further comprising a cover connected to at least one of the housing pieces.
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12. An electrical power connection block assembly comprising:
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an electrical power connection block housing comprising;
a first housing piece comprising electrically insulating material forming at least a portion of a first exterior side of the block housing, an interior side of the first housing piece having a first slot shaped bus bar mounting area; and
a second housing piece comprising electrically insulating material connected to the first housing piece, the second housing piece having a portion with a first side located directly opposite the interior side of the first housing piece and a second slot shaped bus bar mounting area on the first side of the second housing piece, wherein the first and second housing pieces form a first bus bar receiving area with the first and second bus bar mounting areas located generally opposite each other on opposite sides of the receiving area for capturing opposite side edges of a bus bar therebetween, and wherein the first and second housing pieces each comprise interlock connection sections with mating projections and recesses which are intermeshed with each other; and
an electrical bus bar sandwiched between the first and second bus bar mounting areas, the mounting areas stationarily holding the bus bar in the first bus bar receiving area, wherein the electrical bus bar comprises a first section with at least one fastening post extending in a first direction and a second section with at least one fastening post extending in an opposite second direction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electrical power connection block assembly comprising:
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an electrical power connection block housing comprising;
a first housing piece comprising electrically insulating material forming at least a portion of a first exterior side of the block housing, an interior side of the first housing piece having a first slot shaped bus bar mounting area; and
a second housing piece comprising electrically insulating material connected to the first housing piece, the second housing piece having a portion with a first side located directly opposite the interior side of the first housing piece and a second slot shaped bus bar mounting area on the first side of the second housing piece, wherein the first and second housing pieces form a first bus bar receiving area with the first and second bus bar mounting areas located generally opposite each other on opposite sides of the receiving area for capturing opposite side edges of a bus bar therebetween, and wherein the first and second housing pieces each comprise interlock connection sections with mating projections and recesses which are intermeshed with each other; and
an electrical bus bar sandwiched between the first and second bus bar mounting areas, the mounting areas stationarily holding the bus bar in the first bus bar receiving area, wherein the first and second bus bar mounting areas are spaced from top and bottom sides of the housing pieces to form through air clearances between the bus bar located in the first bus bar receiving area and the top and bottom sides of the housing pieces.
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19. An electrical power connection block housing comprising:
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a first housing piece forming at least a portion of a first side of the block housing, the first housing piece having a first interlock connection section;
a second housing piece having a first side with a second interlock connection section directly interconnected with the first interlock connection section and a second side with a third interlock connection section; and
a third housing piece having a first side with a fourth interlock connection section directly interconnected with the third interlock connection section, wherein the housing pieces form bus bar receiving areas therebetween, and wherein the first and third interlock connection sections are substantially asame size and shape, and wherein the first interlock connection section comprises a side edge of a bottom section of the first housing piece having a bottom slot, a top slot located over the bottom slot and partially horizontally offset from the bottom slot, and cover section over the top slot. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of assembling an electrical power connection block assembly comprising steps of:
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locating electrical bus bars against at least three housing pieces of the connection block, a middle one of the housing pieces having two of the bus bars located against opposite respective sides of the middle housing piece; and
intermeshing mating projections and recesses on a bottom section of the middle housing piece with adjacent ones of the housing pieces to interlock the housing pieces with each other, wherein the recesses comprise top slots and bottom slots connected to each other at the bottom section and horizontally offset from each other, and wherein the mating projections comprise top projections and bottom projections on the bottom section. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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Specification