Patent ID: 9397457
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H01R,H02B,H02G

Claim Text:
1. A busway center tap for a meter center, comprising: a housing for a busway center tap for a meter center, configured to mechanically connect to a feeder busway at a bottom side of the housing, the feeder busway including feeder bus bars that are electrically coupled to a utility power source; a cross bus passing through access ports on left and right sides of the housing and through an interior space of the housing, the cross bus including cross bus bars extending horizontally along a back portion of the interior space of the housing, wherein the cross bus bars are electrically coupled to provide power to one or more branch power meters located outside of the housing; and an open-shaped bus located in the interior space of the housing and along a front portion of the interior space, in front of the back portion, the open-shaped bus including open-shaped bus bars that are electrically connected to the feeder bus bars, the open-shaped bus forming an opening through which the cross bus may be accessed from the front portion of the interior space.