Patent ID: 8764497

Claim:
An electrical contact arrangement for use in a modular expandable bus bar arrangement, comprising: (a) a planar resilient conductive metal blank ( 100 ) including: (1) a horizontal central rectangular core section ( 23 ) having two pairs of opposed side edges; (2) a pair of generally rectangular component contact sections ( 21 ) connected by first fold lines (L 1 ) with an orthogonally arranged first pair of said core section opposed side edges; (3) a pair of generally rectangular support sections ( 113 , 123 ) having second side edges connected by second fold lines (L 2 ) with a second pair of said core section opposed side edges; and (4) a pair of bus blade contact sections ( 111 , 121 ) connected with corresponding side edges of said support sections by third lines (L 3 ) that extend normal to said first fold lines; (b) said component contact sections being bent upwardly about said first fold lines toward generally vertical positions with their upper ends terminating in adjacent relation, thereby to permit the insertion of an electrical component ( 4 ) therebetween; (c) said support sections being bent downwardly about said second fold lines toward vertical positions in which said bus blade contact sections extend horizontally in spaced relation away from said central core section, thereby to permit connection of said electrical contact arrangement with a similar bus arrangement.