Patent ID: 9397456
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H01R,H02B

Claim Text:
1. A bus bar apparatus structured to be electrically connected between an electrical component and a number of electrical conductors that are situated at least partially on a cable tray, the bus bar apparatus comprising: an electrical enclosure; an electrical apparatus comprising a number of bus bars that are situated within the electrical enclosure; each bus bar of the number of bus bars being electrically conductive and having a first connection and a second connection, the first connection being structured to be electrically connected with an electrical conductor of the number of electrical conductors that is rated to be operable at no greater than a first temperature, the second connection being structured to be electrically connected with the electrical component that is rated to be electrically connectable with a conductive element that is at no greater than a second temperature, the second temperature being less than the first temperature; and each bus bar of the number of bus bars being of a length between the first and second connections and having a cross-sectional profile transverse to the length and between the first and second connections, the length and the cross-sectional profile being configured to enable the bus bar to dissipate sufficient heat within the electrical enclosure to retain the second connection at no greater than the second temperature while the first connection is at a temperature no greater than the first temperature.