US 12,261,419 B2
Plug-on neutral device and kit
Steven Wayne Dozier, Andover, MA (US); Timothy Robert Faber, Andover, MA (US); and David Keith Schroeder, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/014,972
Filed by Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Andover, MA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/043053
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/020768, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,927, filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,938, filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261445 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H02B 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); H01R 25/14 (2006.01); H02B 1/04 (2006.01); H02B 1/056 (2006.01); H02B 1/20 (2006.01); H02B 3/00 (2006.01); H01H 71/02 (2006.01); H01H 71/08 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 3/00 (2013.01) [G05B 19/188 (2013.01); H01R 25/142 (2013.01); H02B 1/04 (2013.01); H02B 1/056 (2013.01); H02B 1/20 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31396 (2013.01); H01H 2071/0278 (2013.01); H01H 71/08 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug-on neutral (PON) device for coupling to a neutral bus of a bus assembly disposed interior to a switchboard or panelboard, the plug-on neutral device comprising:
a housing defining:
a phase cooperation portion configured to physically cooperate with a phase portion of the bus assembly, the phase portion including one or more phase buses, the phase cooperation portion configured to stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly, wherein the phase cooperation portion is configured to be electrically isolated from the one or more phase buses when the PON device is installed on the bus assembly; and
a neutral cooperation portion configured to physically cooperate with the neutral bus and to physically stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly;
a current path, the current path being conductive and having a bus end and a termination end;
an electrical connector disposed at the neutral cooperation portion, the electrical connector having an external end and an internal end, the external end being configured to electrically connect to the neutral bus, the internal end disposed internal to the housing and configured to electrically connect to the bus end of the current path; and
a lug assembly having one or more terminal lugs, each terminal lug configured to receive current from an external neutral source via an aperture in the lug end of the housing, each terminal lug being electrically conductive and configured to electrically connect to the current path.