Modular instrument compartment

An instrument compartment for an electrical cabinet, comprising:

• a box-shaped compartment structure comprising a stationary end portion mounted on a frame of an electrical cabinet, and a swingable portion hinge-mounted to the stationary end portion, the box-shaped compartment structure having an open front-side facing a front side of the electrical cabinet, the swingable portion configured to swing out from the front side of the electrical cabinet to enable access through the front side of the electrical cabinet to an interior volume of the electrical cabinet located behind the swingable portion of the compartment structure;
• guide structures mounted on an inside back panel of an interior space within the compartment structure, configured to position at least one modular electrical component for connection by at least one wiring harness to another modular electrical component during assembly within the interior space of the compartment structure;
• a door hinge-mounted to the stationary end portion of the compartment structure and covering the open front-side, configured to swing away from the open front-side to enable access through the open front-side to the interior space within the compartment structure;
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• a power supply terminal mounted to an inside surface of the stationary end portion of the compartment structure, configured to supply electrical power to at least one modular electrical component in the interior space of the compartment structure.

An instrument compartment for an electrical cabinet, comprising:

• a box-shaped compartment structure comprising a stationary end portion mounted on a frame of an electrical cabinet, and a swingable portion hinge-mounted to the stationary end portion, the box-shaped compartment structure having an open front-side facing a front side of the electrical cabinet, the swingable portion configured to swing out from the front side of the electrical cabinet to enable access through the front side of the electrical cabinet to an interior volume of the electrical cabinet located behind the swingable portion of the compartment structure;
• guide structures mounted on an inside back panel of an interior space within the compartment structure, configured to position at least one modular electrical component for connection by at least one wiring harness to another modular electrical component during assembly within the interior space of the compartment structure, wherein the guide structures include a plurality of rivet structures mounted in a pattern on an inside side panel of the interior space within the compartment structure, each rivet structure of the plurality of rivet structures on the inside side panel projecting out of the inside side panel of the interior space;
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• a side pan platform configured to support a power supply terminal, the side pan platform including a plurality of holes or slots through the side pan platform in a pattern matching at least a portion of the pattern of rivet structures mounted on the inside side panel of the interior space;
• wherein at least one hole or slot of the plurality of holes or slots through the side pan platform is configured to fit over a corresponding one of the plurality of rivet structures mounted on the inside side panel of the interior space;
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• wherein the corresponding one of the plurality of rivet structures is located on the inside side panel of the interior space to position the power supply terminal mounted on the side pan platform to connect to the at least one wiring harness during assembly within the interior space of the compartment structure.

An instrument compartment for an electrical cabinet, comprising:

• a box-shaped compartment structure comprising a stationary end portion mounted on a frame of an electrical cabinet, and a swingable portion hinge-mounted to the stationary end portion, the box-shaped compartment structure having an open front-side facing a front side of the electrical cabinet, the swingable portion configured to swing out from the front side of the electrical cabinet to enable access through the front side of the electrical cabinet to an interior volume of the electrical cabinet located behind the swingable portion of the compartment structure;
• guide structures mounted on an inside back panel of an interior space within the compartment structure, configured to position at least one modular electrical component for connection by at least one plug-and-play wiring harness to another modular electrical component during assembly within the interior space of the compartment structure, wherein the guide structures include a plurality of rivet structures mounted in a pattern on the inside back panel of the interior space within the compartment structure, each rivet structure of the plurality of rivet structures projecting out of the inside back panel of the interior space;
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• at least one pan platform configured to support the at least one modular electrical component, the at least one pan platform including a plurality of holes or slots through the pan platform in a pattern matching at least a portion of the pattern of rivet structures mounted on the inside back panel of the interior space;
• wherein at least one hole or slot of the plurality of holes or slots through the pan platform is configured to fit over a corresponding one of the plurality of rivet structures mounted on the inside back panel of the interior space;
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• wherein the corresponding one of the plurality of rivet structures is located on the inside back panel of the interior space to position the at least one modular electrical component mounted on the at least one pan platform to connect to the at least one plug-and-play wiring harness to another modular electrical component during assembly within the interior space of the compartment structure.