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Bridging joint for electric power busway

CA 1254961 A · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Richards, Barry R.; Weimer, Charles L.

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A busway joint construction for electrically connecting and disconnecting busway sections of bus bars and characterized by a detachable joint assembly having pairs of plates extending between longitudinally spaced bus bars; one plate being an electrical conductor; the other plate being a non-conductor and having integral transversely extending spacers for maintaining the conductor plates of adjacent bus bars in spaced relation to facilitate insertion of the joint assembly; and the spacers including support surfaces for the electrical conductor.

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  • Granted May 30, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 30, 2006.
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FiledMay 7, 1986
GrantedMay 30, 1989
Term endedMay 30, 2006
Patent numberCA 1254961 A
Classification (IPC)H01R11/00 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedMay 7, 1986Patent grantedMay 30, 1989Term endedMay 30, 2006

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