Patent ID: 6361375
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A clamp-on multiple lug buss bar assembly comprising:a two-piece nut unit having a left half member and a right half member; said left half member having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall; a first bore hole having an X-axis extends from said left side wall to said right side wall; a second bore hole having a Z-axis extends from said left side wall to said right side wall; said X-axis and said Z-axis being parallel and laterally spaced from each other a distance L1; a semi-circular recess formed in said right side wall and it extends from said top wall to said bottom wall; said semi-cylindrical recess having a radius R1 and a longitudinal Y-axis; said right half member having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall; a first bore hole having an X-axis extends from said left side wall to said right side wall; a second bore hole having a Z-axis extends from said left side wall to said right side wall; said X-axis and said Z-axis being parallel and laterally spaced from each other said distance L1; a semi-cylindrical recess formed in said left side wall and it extends from said top wall to said bottom wall; said semi-cylindrical recess having said radius R1 and a longitudinally extending Y-axis; when said left half member and said right half member are assembled together around a threaded stud that extends upwardly from a top wall of a transformer, the respective semi-cylindrical recesses mate with each other to form a cylindrical bore hole; a first vertically oriented elongated conductor plate having a bottom edge and a top edge; a plurality of spade connector fingers each having a top end and a bottom end extend upwardly from said top edge of a body portion; a pair of transversely extending apertures in said body portion and they have respectfully a M-axis and a N-axis that are spaced from each other said distance L1; and means for fastening said first conductor plate to said two-piece nut unit with said M-axis and said N-axis of said conductor plate aligned respectively with said X-axis and Z-axis of said two-piece nut unit.