Patent ID: 7440260

Claim:
An electrical bus member mounting system for an electrical enclosure, said electrical enclosure including a housing having a front, a back and a plurality of sides, a plurality of sections disposed between said sides, at least one electrical apparatus disposed within a first one of said sections, and an electrical bus assembly electrically connected to said at least one electrical apparatus, said electrical bus member mounting system comprising: at least one mounting assembly including a first portion and a second portion; a plurality of electrical bus members coupled to said first portion of said at least one mounting assembly; and at least one current transformer assembly coupled to said first portion of said at least one mounting assembly and being electrically connected to a number of said electrical bus members, wherein said second portion of said at least one mounting assembly is structured to be coupled to at least one of the sides of said housing within a second one of said sections of said housing, wherein said electrical bus members of said electrical bus member mounting system comprise a substantial portion of said electrical bus assembly, wherein said at least one mounting assembly consolidates said substantial portion of said electrical bus assembly and said at least one current transformer assembly at a single location within said second one of said sections of said housing, in order to facilitate access thereto, and wherein said single location of said substantial portion of said electrical bus assembly and said at least one current transformer assembly are structured not to be disposed behind said at least one electrical apparatus between said at least one electrical apparatus and the back of said housing.