Patent ID: 8333600
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
1. A shutter assembly for an electrical system, the electrical system being structured to include at least one withdrawable electrical apparatus and a number of electrical bus members, at least some of the number of electrical bus members each being structured to include a primary contact, the withdrawable electric apparatus being structured to include a number of protruding structures, the withdrawable electric apparatus being structured to be coupled with a corresponding primary contact to electrically connect together the at least one withdrawable electric apparatus and the electrical bus members, the shutter assembly comprising: a support apparatus structured to be situated adjacent at least a portion of a primary contact of a bus member of the number of bus members; and a cover apparatus comprising an electrically insulative first cover member disposed at a first end of the support apparatus and an electrically insulative second cover member disposed at a second end of the support apparatus, the first and second cover members being movable between a first position and a second position, in the first position at least a portion of the first and second cover members extending generally toward one another from the first and second ends of the support apparatus and being structured to overlie at least a portion of the primary contact, in the second position at least a portion of the first and second cover members being structured to extend from the first and second ends of the support apparatus in a direction generally toward the primary contact.