Patent ID: 9647430
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H02B

Claim:
1. A bus assembly for a load center, said load center comprising a cover apparatus and an electrical switching apparatus, said cover apparatus comprising a number of cover segments, said bus assembly comprising: a bus stab structured to be coupled to said number of cover segments and said electrical switching apparatus; a bus bar structured to be coupled to said number of cover segments; and a connection device comprising an element extending from a corresponding one of said bus stab and said bus bar, wherein said connection device is structured to move between a FIRST position corresponding to said element being electrically disconnected from the other of said corresponding one of said bus stab and said bus bar, and a SECOND position corresponding to said element being electrically connected to the other of said corresponding one of said bus stab and said bus bar, and wherein said bus stab is de-energized when said connection device is in the FIRST position and is energized when said connection device is in the SECOND position.