Patent ID: 7909508

Claim:
A sensor assembly for a power bus, said power bus exhibiting a number of characteristics, said sensor assembly comprising: an enclosure comprising a housing and a base; at least one sensor housed within said enclosure, each of said at least one sensor being structured to sense a corresponding one of said number of characteristics of said power bus; a power supply structured to cooperate with said power bus to provide electrical power to said at least one sensor; a fastening mechanism structured to fasten said enclosure to said power bus; wherein the base of said enclosure is structured to be adjustable with respect to the housing of said enclosure in order to secure said power bus between the housing and the base; wherein said enclosure further comprises a cover; wherein the housing of said enclosure comprises a first side, a second side disposed opposite and distal from the first side, a first end, and a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end; wherein the first side of the housing is structured to engage said power bus; and wherein the cover is removably coupled to the second side of the housing; and wherein the second end of the housing includes a number of openings; wherein the cover includes a number of protrusions extending outwardly from the cover toward the housing; wherein each of said number of protrusions of the cover is movably disposed in a corresponding one of said number of openings of the second end of the housing; and wherein the cover is movable toward and away from the second side of the housing in order to access said at least one sensor.