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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7955097 | Plug-in outlet (PIO) with floating fingerguard A plug-in outlet for a busway system has a base mounted to a busway housing, wherein the base has an opening into which an electrical stab extends from a busbar of the busway system. A fingerguard is mounted to the base into the opening and has self-aligning feature... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7517235 | Press fit connection for mounting electrical plug-in outlet insulator to a busway aluminum housing A molded plastic outlet box for electric busway systems comprising: a molded plastic base comprising a plurality of press-fit tabs for attachment of the base to a housing of the electric busway system disposed about a bottom surface of the base. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7367830 | Busway fitting with switch mounted perpendicular to primary axis A busway fitting wherein the switch and/or fuse are disposed in a horizontal orientation. As the switch assembly and/or fuse are disposed in a horizontal orientation, the buses coupled to the switch assembly and/or fuse also extend horizontally. As such, the buses c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358441 | Electrical enclosure assembly and electrical enclosure A meter center assembly includes a first meter center with a plurality of sides including a first side having a plurality of first openings, and a second meter center beside the first meter center with a plurality of sides including a second side having a plurality ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7335041 | Bus bar support A bus bar support, including a lower part which can be mounted with a lower side thereof to the base. Several bus bars which are disposed in a longitudinal direction and at a distance from each other, are used to insert, in an isolated manner, bush bars extending in... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336873 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is a polyurethane foam and the second layer is a water-swellable layer, where... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311512 | Three-dimensional hard copy apparatus A three-dimensional hard copy apparatus including: a shape forming unit including plural display pins having a contact unit, which selectively contacts a thermoplastic sheet, and moves relative to a display surface and is capable of forming a predetermined pattern; ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7285724 | Bus bar carrier The invention relates to a plastic bus bar carrier having a lower part, an upper part and an adaptor arranged between the lower part and the upper part for the adaptation to different sizes of bus bars. The lower part includes a number of receiving grooves in corres... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277615 | Fiber optic cable having a dry insert and methods of making the same A fiber optic cable and a method of making the same include at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert and a cable jacket. The at least one optical waveguide and at least one dry insert are at least partially disposed within a cavity of the cable jacket... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267305 | Carrying device having tubular member for supply lines A tripod head (5, 5′) is provided for a support for a supply device for patients, with an elongated supply part (10, 10′) with feeds (11, 12) of supply lines and a carrying device (13, 13′, 14, 14′, 16, 19) attached to the supply ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252524 | Power interconnect assemblies and methods for configuring the same Power interconnect assemblies include a longitudinally extending base member including a plurality of longitudinally extending bus bar receiving channels configured to receive longitudinally extending bus bars. An interconnect module is configured to be coupled to t... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254302 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. The at least one optical waveguide is disposed within the tube and generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a fi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239502 | Meter center and multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly therefor A multi-phase multiple meter socket assembly is for a meter center including a plurality of meters. The meter socket assembly includes meter sockets each receiving one of said meters, feeder buses, supply buses, and a plurality of phase connectors. Each of the suppl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236670 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly and methods of manufacturing the same include a tube, at least one optical waveguide, and a dry insert. In one embodiment, the dry insert generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide and forms a core that is disposed within the tub... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6932303 | Clamp cover A cover having first and second halves is used in combination with clamps to cover elongated items such as wires and pipes. The first and second halves cooperate together to form a cavity that receives the elongated items and clamps. The halves may be formed with id... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923692 | Electrical connectors incorporating low friction coatings and methods for making them Electrical connectors incorporate a composite coating of molybdenum disulfide and a metal, preferably tin, for one or both of the contact surfaces of the electrical connector. The coating provides for a low coefficient of friction, low contact resistance, and good e... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6911603 | Distribution frame for film conductors A distribution frame for film conductors is provided having a first busbar, arranged in a recess in a part-shell, for a first signal path and a second busbar, arranged in a recess in a part-shell, for a second signal path. Each busbar can be connected, via a bridgin... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6749446 | Optical fiber cable with cushion members protecting optical fiber ribbon stack An optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber ribbon stack having a plurality of optical fibers, and at least one cushion member disposed on outer side surfaces of the optical fiber ribbon stack. The cushion member functions as a spacer and strain energy absorbin... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6667876 | Wiring track having an internal wiring cavity and providing for the mounting of a din rail thereon An elongated and hollow wiring track includes a rectangular plastic cover whose edges carry female hinge members and a U-shaped plastic channel having a flat outer surface, two inclined side walls that extend in a common direction at 45-degrees away from ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6497586 | Structural truss system with adjustable mechanical mounting track and internal conduit accessible from removable sidewall A structural truss system and electrical conduit for suspended mounting of electrical components such as stage lighting and remote controlled equipment featuring an elongated support beam with removable endcaps and a sidewall. The sidewall is cooperativel... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6399882 | Dual-hinged door for an electrical power distribution busway A busway and a door assembly for use with the busway are described. The door assembly provides access to the conductive busbars through openings in the busway housing. The door assembly includes an insulator plate having openings therethrough for access t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6323421 | Raceway system with separated wireways for power and data communication conductors Raceway base and cover components define top and bottom wireway channels, and provide a third channel therebetween for housing various outlet devices that need not be placed in the wireway channels. The dividers defining these channels are molded as part ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6313549 | Emergency evacuation system Embodiments of an emergency evacuation system are disclosed which may be installed within the knockouts of a panel of a modular work space system. During normal operation a battery power source within the emergency evacuation system is charged by normal A... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6086389 | Multi-function adapter for a number of bus bars of a bus bar system A multi-function adapter with a base housing, on which suspension hooks corresponding to the number of bus bars of a bus bar system are formed, which are offset with respect to each other in the longitudinal direction of the base housing in a manner corre... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6012937 | Supply bus bars for meter center Angle members forming the vertically extending supply buses in a meter center have arcuate offsets so that flanges on the ends of horizontally extending tenant buses form tenant stab contacts which are vertically aligned with supply stab contacts on strai... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5895279 | Busway plug in brick and cover An electrical busway plug-in brick for mounting on a busway housing includes openings which allow access to bus bars running along the length of the housing. Barrier members are preferably positioned across the openings to restrict access of fingers or ot... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5595494 | Universally mounted power strip A power strip supporting a plurality of power outlets for distributing power within an electronic cabinet or to an electronic rack has two identical housing pieces each having a right angle corner between a bulbous end and a groove end all of which extend... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5525068 | Electric power busway plug connector shutter arrangement The electric busway busbars within a plug-in busway system are covered by an insulating cover to prevent inadvertent contact when the busbars are energized. To allow contact with the busbars for busway plug connection, the insulating cover is arranged for... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5505630 | Cover assembly for a plug-in opening of a busway system A busway system having several parallel bus bars arranged in a housing with a plug-in opening in a front wall of the housing employs a cover assembly with a plug-in unit over the plug-in opening. The cover assembly has a brick mounted onto the front wall ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5415557 | Busway tap off base assembly for preventing the ingress of dust and liquids A tap-off base assembly of the present invention provides protection against the ingress of dust and liquids into an electrical busway distribution system of the type having access openings for receiving power tap-off devices. The tap-off base assembly in... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5336849 | Raceway assembly for power and communications conductors A raceway includes a base and removable cover defining internal channels; discrete conductive shields are mounted in each channel in overlying relation to power and communications conductors therein; and a latching member is removably mounted between the ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5316490 | Modular element for an electrical power distribution duct A modular element for an electrical power distribution ducting has an elongated box section structure. Inside the box section structure conducting electrical power distribution bars are arranged. Lateral access can be gained to the bars through distributi... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5224331 | Textile machine, particularly a spinning or twisting machine A textile spinning or twisting machine which has plurality of units arranged next to one another in a row on one or both sides of the machine which each contain an electric motor. These electric motors are mounted on a supporting body extending in the lon... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5144530 | Power distributor device for electric installations A power distributor device is disclosed for electric installations, comprising, for housing a set of power bars, an insulating case formed preferably of several interlockable modules. A member, for example an end-piece in the form of a lyre is associated ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5024614 | Surface accessible wiring system and assembly A surface accessible wiring system for the distribution of power and signal conductors such as telephone or data conductors is disclosed. A raceway comprises a channel member having a plurality of compartments, a cover which can be securely snapped to the... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5011421 | Plane change connector assembly A plane change connector assembly is provided which connects electrical busbars which are in different planes. The assembly includes a connector which has at least one coupling flange cantilevered from one side of a planar joining member. A second couplin... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4957447 | Electric power busway plug alignment arrangement A locating and alignment pin provided on the bottom of an electric busway switch provides immediate location of the switch connector clips with respect to the busway connector tabs while, at the same time, aligning the switch interlock with the correspond... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4820177 | Electrical distribution system having specially formed and insulated bus bars An electrical distribution system having specially formed and insulated bus bars in back to back, stacked relationship with each other along the length of the busway and spaced apart where tap-off or other connection may be made. The bus bars are formed t... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4820178 | Outlet box for electric busway system Molded plastic outlet boxes are attached to an electric busway power distribution system at each location along the system where the bus bar conductors are provided with plug-in stabs. Slotted openings arranged through a top of the outlet box are centered... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4789344 | Plug-in connector module for a removable control unit of a motor control center A molded insulating housing is received in a slot in a rear panel of a removable control unit to extend on front and rear sides of the panel. Solid bus conductors mounted in the housing have their opposite ends disposed within front and rear openings in t... | 12/06/1988 |
