US 11,901,716 B2Granted

Gasketless rainproof ganging of enclosure

AssigneeABB Schweiz AG

InventorsMaxime Lefort, Yannick Meyngne-Ngoule

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Abstract

A gasketless ganging system includes an enclosure, including a first side, a second side; a first opening, and a second opening; a first ganging member disposed on the first side, including a third opening, a first channel, and a pair of first protrusions; and a second ganging member disposed on the second side, including a fourth opening, a second channel, and a pair of second protrusions. In some embodiments, the enclosure is a first enclosure and a second enclosure, wherein the first side of the first or second enclosure abuts the second side of the other of the first or second enclosure, to adjoin enclosures, wherein the pair of first protrusions abuts the pair of second protrusions to position the second channel within the first channel without contacting the first channel.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A device comprising:

an enclosure,
wherein the enclosure includes:
a first side,
a second side,
a first opening,
wherein the first opening is disposed on the first side, and
a second opening,
wherein the second opening is disposed on the second side;
a first ganging member,
wherein the first ganging member includes:
a third opening,
a first channel, and
a pair of first protrusions,
wherein the first ganging member is disposed on the first side of the enclosure;
and
a second ganging member,
wherein the second ganging member includes:
a fourth opening,
a second channel, and
a pair of second protrusions,
wherein the second ganging member is disposed on the second side of the enclosure;
wherein the first channel is disposed along a portion of a circumference of the third opening, and the second channel is disposed along a portion of a circumference of the fourth opening;
wherein the third opening and the fourth opening further includes:
a first vertical edge,
a second vertical edge,
a first lateral edge, and
a second lateral edge,
wherein the first vertical edge, the first lateral edge, and the second vertical edge of the third opening are flanged to contiguously form the first channel,
wherein the first vertical edge, the first lateral edge, and the second vertical edge of the fourth opening are flanged to contiguously form the second channel.

26 more elements

An apparatus comprising:

an enclosure,
wherein the enclosure includes:
a first side,
wherein the first side includes:
a first opening,
wherein the first opening is disposed on the first side to expose an interior of the enclosure,
a first channel,
wherein the first channel is disposed along a circumference of the first opening, and
at least two first protrusions,
wherein the at least two first protrusions are disposed at opposite sides of the first opening;
and
a second side,
wherein the second side includes:
a second opening,
wherein the second opening is disposed on the second side to expose an interior of the enclosure,
a second channel,
wherein the second channel is disposed along a circumference of the second opening, and
at least two second protrusions,
wherein the at least two second protrusions are disposed at opposite sides of the second opening;
wherein the first opening and the second opening further includes:
a lateral edge,
wherein the lateral edge of the first opening and a lateral edge of the second opening are inclined such that a first end of the lateral edge of the first and second openings is higher than a second end of the lateral edge of the first and second openings.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/559,793Filed 22 Dec 2021
Published: US 2023/0198237 A122 Jun 2023
Granted: 13 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H02B 1/308
Cabinet-type casings; Parts thereof or accessories therefor: mounting of cabinets together
H02G 3/088
Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes: dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings or inlets
H02B 1/28
Casings; Parts thereof or accessories therefor: dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof or flameproof
H02G 3/10
Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes: for surface mounting on a wall