Patent ID: 11936146
Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. The finger cluster connector of claim 4, further comprising:
a first leaf spring fastened to the first side of the conductor portion and divided into a plurality of finger sections with distal ends configured to respectively press against the distal ends of respective finger sections of the first side of the conductor portion; and
a second leaf spring fastened to the second side of the conductor portion and divided into a plurality of finger sections with distal ends configured to respectively press against the distal ends of respective finger sections of the second side of the conductor portion,
wherein the first and second leaf springs press against the distal ends of the finger sections of the first side and second side of the conductor portion to compress the rail conductor within the constricted path as the conductor portion slides along the rail conductor.