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US 10,676,116 B2Granted
Crossing warning equipment mount
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorBrian Harp
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Abstract
A cover plate for a junction box may include a plate portion configured to cover an opening of the junction box. The cover plate may include a mast portion configured to couple with equipment configured to be mounted on a mast. The cover plate may include an offset portion coupling the mast portion with a front side of the plate portion.
Claims14
A cover plate for a junction box, the cover plate comprising:
- a plate portion configured to cover an opening of the junction box;
- a mast portion configured as a hollow cylindrical section and to couple with equipment configured to be mounted on a mast;
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- an offset portion coupling the mast portion with a front side of the plate portion, the offset portion comprising a hollow interior,
- wherein the hollow cylindrical section of the mast portion is continuous with the hollow interior of the offset portion and forming a hollow inner portion with a first opening at a top of the mast portion and a second opening at a back side of the plate portion, and
- wherein the hollow inner portion provides space for wires to run from the junction box through the plate portion, the offset portion and the mast portion.
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A method of configuring a junction box, the method comprising:
- coupling a cover plate to an opening of the junction box, the cover plate comprising:
- a plate portion configured to cover the opening of the junction box,
- a mast portion configured as a hollow cylindrical section and to couple with equipment configured to be mounted on a mast, and
- an offset portion coupling the mast portion with a front side of the plate portion, the offset portion comprising a hollow interior,
- wherein the hollow cylindrical section of the mast portion is continuous with the hollow interior of the offset portion and forming a hollow inner portion with a first opening at a top of the mast portion and a second opening at a back side of the plate portion, and
- wherein the hollow inner portion provides space for wires to run from the junction box through the plate portion, the offset portion and the mast portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.