Patent ID: 6061230
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A panelboard/switchboard assembly comprising:a plurality of vertically aligned bus bars, an edge of each of said bus bars being oriented towards a front of the panelboard, each of said bus bars including a plurality of bus bar through-holes having a predetermined through-hole length, said bus bar through-holes being aligned along the longitudinal axis of each bus bar; andsaid plurality of bus bar through-holes having a non-circular through-hole shape;a plurality of bolts having a non-circular shoulder shaped so as to engage any one of said plurality of bus bar through-holes and said engagement preventing said any one of said plurality of bolts from rotating while so engaged; andsaid plurality of bolts further having a non-circular shoulder length which exceeds said predetermined through-hole length so that a portion of said non-circular shoulder always protrudes from said bus bar through-hole when said shoulder is engaged with said bus bar through-hole.