# US 12,224,568 B2 · Back-to-back two-gang electrical box > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,568 B2 - Document ID: US12224568B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/333,671 - Filed: 2023-06-13 - Published: 2023-10-12 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-11 - Assignees: Hubbell Incorporated - Applicants: Hubbell Incorporated - Inventors: Jian Hua Li; Joseph Nicholas Cretella - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224568B2 ## CPC - H02G 3/086: {Assembled boxes} - H02G 3/18: providing line outlets - H02G 3/083: {Inlets} - H02G 3/088: {Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings or inlets} - H02G 3/14: Fastening of cover or lid to box - H02G 3/081: {Bases, casings or covers} - H02G 3/12: for flush mounting - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES ## Abstract An electrical box including a central housing with a first side opening, a second side opening opposite the first side opening, and a rear opening, each of the first and second side openings configured to receive an electrical or data interface device, a first extension compartment around the first side opening, the first extension compartment including a first door, and a second extension compartment around the second side opening, the second extension compartment including a second door. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical box, comprising: a central housing with a first side opening, a second side opening opposite the first side opening, and a rear opening, each of the first and second side openings configured to receive an electrical or data interface device; a first extension compartment around the first side opening, said first extension compartment including a first door; and a second extension compartment around the second side opening, said second extension compartment including a second door. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical box of claim 1, further comprising a slot on a front side of the central housing, opposite the rear opening, for inserting and removing a barrier in the central housing between the first side opening and the second side opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electrical box of claim 2, wherein the first extension compartment extends outward from the first side opening a distance greater than a distance between the first side opening and the slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electrical box of claim 3, further comprising a cover removably positioned over the slot. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrical box of claim 1, wherein the first side opening includes a first electrical or data interface device and the second side opening includes a second electrical or data interface device, wherein the first electrical or data interface device is a high voltage electrical outlet or switch and the second electrical or data interface device is a low voltage data or audio/visual (AV) outlet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrical box of claim 1, comprising a rear side including the rear opening and a front side opposite the rear side, wherein the rear side is configured to attach to a mount box. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electrical box of claim 6, wherein each of the first and second doors are hingedly attached to edges of the front side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electrical box of claim 6, wherein the mount box is a two-gang mount box. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The electrical box of claim 6, wherein the mount box is a single-gang mount box. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electrical box of claim 9, further comprising a mud ring at least partially closing the rear opening of said central housing around an opening of the single-gang mount box. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The electrical box of claim 6, wherein the mount box is mounted in a wall, and wherein the electrical box is mounted against the wall. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The electrical box of claim 6, wherein the mount box is mounted on a top of a pedestal, and wherein the electrical box is mounted against the top of the pedestal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electrical box of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and second extension compartments includes a cable cutout on each of at least two sides of the at least one of said first and second extension compartments. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electrical box of claim 13, wherein the at least one of said first and second extension compartments includes a removable plug closing at least one of the cable cutouts. ### Claim 15 An electrical box, comprising: a central housing with a first side opening, a second side opening opposite the first side opening, and a rear opening configured to attach to a mount box, each of the first and second side openings configured to receive an electrical or data interface device; and a slot extending from a front side of the central housing and through said central housing between the first side opening and the second side opening; and a barrier configured to extend through the slot and the rear opening at least partially into the mount box. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electrical box of claim 15, wherein the first side opening includes a first electrical or data interface device and the second side opening includes a second electrical or data interface device, wherein the first electrical or data interface device is a high voltage electrical outlet or switch and the second electrical or data interface device is a low voltage data or audio/visual (AV) outlet. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electrical box of claim 15, further comprising a removable cover over the slot. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The electrical box of claim 15, further comprising: a first extension compartment removably attachable to said central housing around the first side opening, said first extension compartment extending outward from the first side opening a distance greater than a distance between the first side opening and the slot, and a second extension compartment removably attachable to said central housing around the second side opening, said second extension compartment extending outward from the second side opening a distance greater than the distance between the second side opening and the slot. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electrical box of claim 18, further comprising a gasket between each of said first and second extension compartments and said central housing.