Standby generator control and access panel
AssigneeChampion Power Equipment, Inc.
InventorsMark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
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Abstract
A control system for a standby generator includes a control box mountable in a standby generator enclosure, a control panel, one or more linkage mechanisms coupling the control panel to the control box such that the control panel is selectively openable to provide access into the control box, and one or more generator control components mounted in the control box and operated by the control panel.
Claims26
A control system for a standby generator comprising:
- a control box mountable in a standby generator enclosure, the control box comprising;
- a plurality of panels configured to form an entrance to the control box;
- a control panel coupled to at least one panel of the plurality of panels and movable between a first position in which the entrance is closed and a second position in which the entrance is open;
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- one or more generator control components mounted to the control box and operable via the control panel.
An electrical enclosure that houses one or more generator control components of a generator, the electrical enclosure comprising:
- a plurality of side panels;
- a bottom panel coupled to the plurality of side panels;
- an enclosure cover coupled to the bottom panel and/or at least one side panel of the plurality of side panels and configured to actuate between an open position and a closed position so as to provide selective access to an interior of the electrical enclosure;
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- a switch coupled to the enclosure cover, at least one side panel of the plurality of side panels, the bottom panel, or a combination thereof to electrically disengage at least one generator control component of the one or more generator control components when the enclosure cover is not in the closed position.
A standby generator comprising:
- a standby generator enclosure comprising:
- a base;
- a back wall extending generally vertically from the base;
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- first and second sidewalls each extending generally vertically from opposite ends of the base;
- an engine-generator set mounted to the base;
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- a control system mounted within the standby generator enclosure, configured to control operation of the engine-generator set, and comprising:
- a control box comprising:
- one or more generator control components mounted thereto;
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- a control box cover configured actuate between a closed position and an open position, the control box cover covering a top portion of the control box when in the closed position and uncovering the top portion when in the open position so as to provide selective access into the control box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.