Patent ID: 6381123
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
A panelboard comprising:a branch having a plurality of circuits for supporting a plurality of branch circuit breakers, the branch having a top end and a bottom end; first, second, and third generally parallel panelboard bus bars passing through the branch; a first space for supporting a main breaker positioned above the top end of the branch, the panelboard bus bars extending into the first space; a second space for supporting a sub-feed positioned below the bottom end of the branch, the panelboard bus bars extending into the second space; a multiple pole sub-feed positioned in the second space, the sub-feed having a length and a width, the sub-feed having first, second, and third generally parallel extension bus bars extending the length of the sub-feed, a portion of the extension bus bars overlapping a portion of the panelboard bus bars, the sub-feed further having a plurality of bus connectors extending the width of the sub-feed and generally perpendicular to the extension bus bars, wherein each bus connector is provided with an opening aligned with one of the extension bus bars wherein each pole of a sub-feed breaker attached to the multiple pole sub-feed is electrically connectable to an extension bus bar through each opening of each bus connector.