Patent ID: 6238254
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A housing for an electrical apparatus, the housing comprising:a connection strip; a case for housing the connection strip; an external conductor selected from the group consisting of bars and terminals; terminal compartments provided at one end of the case; and means for fixing the strip to the external conductor, said means comprising at least one bolt selected from the group consisting of circular and non-circular bolt heads, said means comprising a circular bolt head when said external conductor is a terminal and non-circular bolt head when said external conductor is a bar;said strip fixing means comprising, for at least one of the compartments, a first opening provided in the case, the first opening being shared selectively to receive and guide in rotation a circular bolt head, and to prevent rotation of a non-circular bolt head with respect to the case, and a second opening provided in the connection strip and facing the first opening, and the bolt passing through said first and second openings to fix the conductor to the connection strip with the bolt head received in the first opening.