Patent ID: 8733723
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: F16L,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cable tray assembly comprising: a first cable tray section including two parallel rails forming sides of the first cable tray section and a first longitudinal end; a second cable tray section including two parallel rails forming sides of the second cable tray section and a second longitudinal end; and a cable tray expansion splice plate connecting the first and second cable tray sections end-to-end so that said first and second longitudinal ends of the respective first and second cable tray sections are adjacent one another, the splice plate including wherein the central section of the first longitudinal portion of the body has a length that is greater than a length of the central section of the second longitudinal portion of the body, whereby the first longitudinal portion of the body provides sufficient support to the first longitudinal end of the first cable tray section so that a cable tray support does not need to be installed at the first longitudinal end of the first cable tray section.