Abstract: A method and apparatus for the economical and reliable assembly of buss plates and components thereon, having a bushing positioned on one or more surfaces or therebetween. A resilient retainer is employed to retain bushings in proximity to buss plate through holes to facilitate easy assembly. The use of the resilient retainer eliminates the requirement for costly and potentially adverse pre-assembly soldering of the bushing into position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the economical and reliable assembly of buss plates and components thereon, having a bushing positioned on one or more surfaces or therebetween. A novel spring-like retainer is employed to retain a plurality of bushings in proximity to a plurality of buss plate through holes to facilitate easy assembly. The use of the spring retainer eliminates the requirement for costly and potentially adverse pre-assembly soldering of the busing into position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the economical and reliable assembly of buss plates and components thereon, having a bushing positioned on one or more surfaces or therebetween. A resilient retainer is employed to retain bushings in proximity to buss plate through holes to facilitate easy assembly. The use of the resilient retainer eliminates the requirement for costly and potentially adverse pre-assembly soldering of the bushing into position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the economical and reliable assembly of buss plates and components thereon, having a bushing positioned one one or more surfaces or therebetween. A novel spring-like retainer is employed to retain a plurality of bushings in proximity to a plurality of buss plate through holes to facilitate easy assembly. The use of the spring retainer eliminates the requirement for costly and potentially adverse pre-assembly soldering of the busing into position.

Abstract: A generally rigid, plastic housing has therein a pair of chambers, one of which is larger than the other, and each of which opens at one end thereof on the front of the housing and is closed at its opposite end by an integral back wall of the housing which is secured by a pair of plastic bolts to the plane surface of a rather rigid, laminated bus bar. Secured in each of a pair of spaced socket recesses in the housing back wall is a female socket terminal, one of which extends into its associated recess from a conductor in the bus bar, and the other of which is connected to another, male terminal which is housed in the other chamber. Each of the two socket recesses opens on the larger chamber, and the sockets therein are disposed to accommodate a pair of male terminals which project from a circuit breaker releasably housed in the larger chamber. Also, an additional male terminal projects from another conductor from the bus bar into the other chamber adjacent the other terminal located therein.

Abstract: A laminated bus bar has thereon a male terminal formed either from only two electric strip conductors separated by a layer of insulation, or from two groups of conductors separated by a layer of insulation. When only two conductors are employed, one may be slightly longer and wider than the other, and the terminal section of the one conductor has a marginal edge portion thereof extending beyond the edge of the registering terminal section of the other conductor. Both terminal sections of the two conductors have exposed outer surfaces forming a male terminal disposed to be inserted releasably into a female receptacle of an electric circuit, and a dielectric insulator barrier is secured on and covers the marginal edge portion of the terminal section of the one conductor and overlies the edge of the other terminal section.

Abstract: A laminated bus bar is supported on an elongate, rigid substrate, and has at least one, thin, metal terminal projecting laterally therefrom beyond one of the side edges of the substrate. A generally rigid torque clip, which may be made from a plastic material, is mounted on the substrate, and has thereon an integral lug portion, which also projects laterally beyond the same side edge of the substrate, and in registry with the terminal. The terminal has secured thereon a PEM nut or the like, which is positioned in an opening or a recess in the lug portion to retain the terminal in a predetermined position during use. If desired the terminal may be folded around the nut, or may be provided with a tab which is secured in an opening in the lug portion of the terminal.

Abstract: A thin, dielectric layer of insulation is provided with a plurality of spaced, rectangular openings. At each side of each opening the insulation is provided with a pair of spaced, integral tab portions which project part way into the opening. Rectangularly shaped ceramic capacitors, which are slightly smaller than the rectangular openings, are placed upon the tabs after which the insulation is partially cured to secure the capacitors to the tabs. The layer of insulation is then laminated between a pair of copper strips to produce a laminated bus bar in which the capacitors are secured in the openings with their marginal edges spaced from the surrounding edge of the associated opening, except where the sides of capacitors are engaged by the tabs.