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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8004826 | Electrical switchgear assembly The invention relates to an electrical switchgear comprising at least one panel, especially for low voltage, a device compartment especially for receiving inserts, switching devices, control devices, and similar, a busbar compartment in which the busbars are accommo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7911769 | Electronic circuit structure, power supply apparatus, power supply system, and electronic apparatus This invention prevents a deterioration of efficiency of a power supply apparatus due to a semiconductor power supply voltage drop, prevents an increase in wasted power, and prevents erroneous operations due to feeder wire voltage drop. In the mounting structure of ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7826201 | Control box arrangement A control box arrangement including at least one control box which is sub-divided, or which can be sub-divided, into a plurality of cuboid compartments, including functional compartments, by wall sections, where vertical wall sections with a horizontal sub-division ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7719823 | Modular insulation system A method for isolating phases in an electrical equipment enclosure having multi-phase bus bars and a mounting base for mounting electrical equipment. The insulation system includes a plurality of components including a plurality of side isolation barriers with each ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7684173 | Optical guiding device and backlight module using same An exemplary optical guiding device for optically coupling a plurality of light beams having at least one laser beam, includes a light coupling lens, a light collimating lens, and an optical fiber. The light coupling lens and the light collimating lens are positione... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7633741 | Switchgear bus support system and method Apparatus, method, and system for rigidly supporting a switchgear bus assembly through the use of one or more support plates, thereby providing the primary support for the other active modules and bushings. ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7616431 | Electrical enclosure and support assembly therefor A support assembly is provided for an electrical enclosure including a housing having first and second opposing sides, electrical bus members, and at least one electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. Each of the electrical bus members is electrica... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7558053 | Electrical enclosure and electrical bus assembly therefor An electrical bus assembly for an electrical enclosure includes a single branch circuit with a plurality of branch circuit buses. First electrical bus members include first ends electrically connected to corresponding branch circuit buses, and second ends electrical... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7548411 | Electronic circuit structure, power supply apparatus, power supply system, and electronic apparatus This invention prevents a deterioration of efficiency of a power supply apparatus due to a semiconductor power supply voltage drop, prevents an increase in wasted power, and prevents erroneous operations due to feeder wire voltage drop. In the mounting struct... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7518851 | Distribution switchgear A distribution switchgear has an equipment room, main busbar room and cable room, which are formed in a distribution panel housing by partitioning the housing, from front to back such that the equipment room is located just behind the front door of the housing, with... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7450368 | Front access electrical enclosure and electrical bus assembly therefor An electrical enclosure includes a housing having a front, a back, a plurality of sides, a plurality of sections disposed between the sides, at least one electrical apparatus, and a plurality of electrical bus members electrically connected to the electrical apparat... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7440260 | Electrical bus member mounting system and electrical enclosure employing the same An electrical bus member mounting system is provided for an electrical enclosure including a housing having a front, a back and a plurality of sides, a plurality of sections disposed between the sides, at least one electrical apparatus disposed within a first one of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7425144 | Buss plate bushing retainer and assembly thereof A method and apparatus for the economical and reliable assembly of buss plates and components thereon, having a bushing positioned on one or more surfaces or therebetween. A novel spring-like retainer is employed to retain a plurality of bushings in proximity to a p... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7417848 | Multiple height, high density horizontal low voltage motor control center A reduced form factor component support is provided for motor control centers and similar packaged electrical systems. The reduced form factor component support may be used with smaller components, such as small motor starters, motor drives, and so forth. Electrical... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414828 | Modular current distributor for high currents A current distributor includes a common, uninterrupted first main busbar as a main current supply and a number of current distributor modules which are each associated with a respective circuit breaker and can be disposed in a row along the main busbar. The current ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414194 | Bus bar wiring board and method of assembling the same A bus bar wiring board includes a first conductive bus bar, a second conductive bus bar, a first insulating board, in which one end portions of the first and the second bus bars are embedded and a second insulating board, in which the other end portions of the first... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414827 | Gas-insulated switchgear device Disclosed is a gas-insulated switchgear device, in which a space for dismantlement and inspection work which facilitates the dismantlement and inspection work of circuit breakers at the time of the occurrence of accidents of the circuit breakers are provided and an ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7334315 | Method of servicing a channel bus splice assembly For use in switchgear equipment having channel bus bars joined together at a bus joint, there is provided a method of servicing and maintaining a channel bus splice assembly and method. The channel bus splice assembly comprises switchgear or switchboard equipment ha... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329813 | Modular insulation system A method and modular insulation system for an electrical equipment enclosure having multi-phase bus bars and a mounting base for mounting electrical equipment. The insulation system includes a plurality of components including a plurality of side isolation barriers ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7302775 | Power bus and structure for a barrier movement operator A barrier movement operator with improved mounting and power distribution capabilities is disclosed. The disclosed system includes an elongate member mounted from an overhead structure in a substantially horizontal manner. A head end of a barrier movement operator m... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292451 | Architecture for power modules such as power inverters Power converters such as power modules configured as inverters employ modularized approaches. In some aspects, semiconductor devices are thermally coupled directly to thermally conductive substrates without intervening dielectric or insulative structures. Additional... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280344 | Consolidated circuit breaker support insulator and bus alignment piece The present invention which provides for a consolidated circuit breaker support insulator and bus alignment piece having a molded body and at least one horizontal bus. Preferably, there are three horizontal buses. Each horizontal bus is structured to extend between,... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7227740 | Bus shroud A non-conductive bus shroud for a dual circuit breaker system that has a plurality of vertical walls extending generally perpendicular from the top side and including at least one bus member support vertical wall. The dual circuit breaker system includes a housing a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224577 | Mounting plate system A method and a mounting plate system for electrical equipment in a switchgear cabinet having spaced apart frame members. The mounting plate system comprises a first mounting plate having a plurality of orifices located proximate an outer edge of the first mounting p... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7173810 | Horizontally mounted power circuit breaker bus assembly A bus assembly that is structured to be coupled to a multiple pole circuit breaker and to a plurality of horizontally aligned vertical line conductors is disclosed. The circuit breaker has a back side with a line terminal and a load terminal for each pole extending ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173809 | Multiphase busbar system According to the invention, the busbar system comprises at least one first (2) and one second busbar block (3) with busbars (6), whereby the busbars (6) of the first busbar block (2) are electrically connected to a number of supply... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173811 | Power circuit breakers with offset vertical quick disconnect adapters to allow plugging onto a line and a load bus in different planes An offset assembly for a circuit breaker includes at least one two plane member having a first plate and a second plate. The first and second plates are joined at an edge and extend generally perpendicular to each other. The second plate is structured to be coupled ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7130172 | Switchgear and receiving transformation apparatus using the same A switchgear having a primary circuit breaker and a secondary circuit breaker respectively arranged on the primary side and secondary side of a load switch or a voltage and current transformer for an instrument, a primary grounding switch arranged between the load s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112741 | Electronic module An electronic module includes a housing, an electronic circuit arrangement arranged therein, and at least one cylindrical bus bar which is connected to the circuit arrangement and which projects through an opening formed at the housing to form a connection area with... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7091417 | Busway fitting having a stacked bus bar with an extruded support A busway fitting bus assembly for a busway fitting, wherein the busway fitting has a housing assembly defining an enclosed space, the housing assembly having a top end, a bottom end, and a sidewall, the sidewall having a side opening, at least one tap bus extending ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7075778 | Hybrid gas-insulated switchgear A hybrid gas-insulated switchgear constitutes an electrical circuit for a single-line diagram unit by arranging one first standardized module and two second standardized modules in a single row such that the central axes of tanks are generally aligned and electrical... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054143 | Electrical installation comprising a decompression channel The invention relates to an electrical installation, especially a medium-voltage switchgear, comprising at least one encapsulated function module (FM), a decompression channel (DK) which is connected to said function module, and at least one inflow opening (EO . . .... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7019216 | Generator output line, in particular for a connection region in the generator base A generator output line is for electrically connecting a generator to a transformer. It includes a cylindrical inner conductor and a cylindrical cladding tube connection region which is arranged concentrically with respect to the inner conductor. The inner conductor... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6934147 | Switchgear conductors and connections therefore A bus assembly for switchgear includes a pair of elongated members each of an L-shaped cross section with a lateral side and a transverse side integral with the lateral side. The elongated members are positioned in a juxtaposed spaced apart relationship forming a ho... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934156 | Electric-power supply with rectifier An electric-power supply incorporates an electronic card with at least one rectifier and one output line of the rectifier. The output line is formed of at least one first bar made of conductive material, terminating with one first output end, and at least one second... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921862 | Connector for conductor bars A connector for conductor bars, which are in-line or extend at a right angle with regard to one another and which rotate 90° around their longitudinal axes. The connector is comprised of a first contact piece and of a second contact piece of which the first contact... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6888066 | Channel bus splice assembly For use in switchgear equipment having channel bus bars joined together at a bus joint, there is provided a channel bus splice assembly and method. The channel bus splice assembly comprises switchgear or switchboard equipment having channel bus bars joined together ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6870103 | Bus joint cover assembly For use in switchgear equipment having bus bars joined together at a bus joint, there is provided a bus joint cover assembly and method. The bus joint cover assembly comprises a collar member having a snap slot. A cap member having a boss snap is configured to engag... | 03/22/2005 |
