Patent ID: 6201722
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H02B,H02M

Abstract:
A linking bus structure for connecting DC buses of adjacent power converter bays in parallel, said DC buses extending vertically side by side into a dead space at the top or bottom of each of said bays and having apertures formed therethrough, said linking bus structure comprising:a) a first electrically conductive bracket having a substantially horizontal portion and an ear extending vertically upwardly therefrom;b) a second electrically conductive bracket having a substantially horizontal portion and an ear extending vertically downwardly therefrom;c) insulated fasteners passing through said apertures and said ears so as to hold said ears in electrical contact each with one of said DC buses on opposite sides thereof in such alignment as to be vertically coextensive with each other;d) an apertured linking bus including a pair of parallel conducting bars sandwiched with an insulating layer therebetween;e) said linking bus being slidably received between said substantially horizontal portions so that each of said bars is in electrically conductive contact with one of said brackets; andf) insulated fasteners passing through the apertures of said linking bus to hold said linking bus in contact with said brackets.