Patent ID: 7008260

Claim:
Cross-connector means for electrically connecting electrical devices such as junction boxes, terminals, modules, pin-and-socket connectors, and the like, with a plurality of bus bars, comprising: (a) a plurality of generally coplanar parallel conductive bus bars ( 2 ) each having a generally planar portion containing an opening ( 3 ), said bus bars being contained in a first plane; and (b) a conductive comb member (C) including: (1) a generally linear flat body portion ( 4 ) that is parallel with and spaced from the plane containing said bus bars, said body portion being contained in a second plane that is normal both to said first plane and to the axes of said bus bars; and (2) a plurality of flat resilient contact finger portions ( 5 ) that extend from said body portion in the direction of said bus bars, respectively, each of said finger portions having a longitudinal axis and including a first end portion connected with and parallel to said comb member body portion, and a second end portion that extends into a corresponding one of said bus bars openings, said second end portion being twisted about said longitudinal axis relative to said first end portion, thereby to effect electrical contact with at least one wall portion of said bus bar opening, said second end portion being twisted about said contact finger longitudinal axis through an angle of between 45° and 135° relative to said first end portion, at least some of said contact finger portions being twisted through different angles of twist.