Patent ID: 9083127
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connection apparatus structured to be installable on an elongated neutral bus and removable therefrom, the connection apparatus further being structured to enable a conductor to be electrically connected with the neutral bus when the connection apparatus is installed on the neutral bus, the connection apparatus comprising: a support; a compression element disposed on the support; the support comprising at least a first engagement element structured to be engageable with the neutral bus; the support further comprising at least a first connection element that extends between the compression element and the at least first engagement element; the compression element being structured to apply a compressive load to at least one of the neutral bus and the at least first engagement element to electrically connect together the neutral bus and the conductor; the support having formed therein an elongated passage, the at least first engagement element and the at least first connection element being situated adjacent at least a portion of the passage, the passage having: the first and second end openings being structured to have at least a portion of the neutral bus extending therethrough when the connection apparatus is in a position installed on the neutral bus, the lateral opening being structured to have at least a portion of the neutral bus received therethrough in a direction at least in part transverse to the longitudinal extent of the neutral bus and the support being structured to be rotated with respect to the neutral bus when the connection apparatus is moved between the position installed on the neutral bus and a position removed from the neutral bus.