US 12,578,368 B2Granted

Rotation mechanism for measuring device

AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS

InventorsUmesh Thimmappa, Sreekanta Swamy, Narayan Devaray Acharya

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Abstract

A mechanism includes a front support and a back support, each having first and second opposing surfaces and a circular-shaped opening formed in a center portion of the support. A connecting feature is positioned around a periphery of the circular-shaped opening of the front support, and is configured to be received in the circular-shaped opening of the back support to releasably secure the front support to the back support. The back support and a back portion of a measuring device are configured to be rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction with respect to the front support and a front portion of the measuring device about an axis of the circular-shaped opening formed of the front support and the circular-shaped opening of the back support to enable flexible access to the electrical connections on the back portion of the measuring device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A mechanism for enabling relative rotation of front and back portions of a measuring device to provide flexible access to electrical connections during installation of the measuring device, the mechanism comprising:

a front support having first and second opposing surfaces and a circular-shaped opening formed in a center portion of the front support, the front support being configured to be coupled to a front portion of the measuring device including a display of the measuring device;
and
a back support comprising a body with first and second opposing surfaces and a circular-shaped opening formed in a center portion of the body, the body of the back support being configured to be recessed within a back portion of the measuring device including electrical connections of the measuring device,
wherein one of the front support and the back support includes a connecting feature positioned around a periphery of the circular-shaped opening, the connecting feature being configured to be received in the circular-shaped opening of the other of the front support and the back support to releasably secure the one of the front support and the back support to the other of the front support and the back support, and
wherein the back support and the back portion of the measuring device are configured to be rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction with respect to the front support and the front portion of the measuring device about an axis of the circular-shaped opening formed in the center portion of the front support and the circular-shaped opening formed in the center portion of the back support to enable flexible access to the electrical connections on the back portion of the measuring device.

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A method of assembling a measuring device including front and back portions configured to rotate with respect to one another to provide flexible access to electrical connections during installation of the measuring device, the method comprising:

releasably securing a front support to a front portion of the measuring device including a display of the measuring device, the front support including first and second opposing surfaces and a circular-shaped opening formed in a center portion of the front support;
releasably securing a back support to a back portion of the measuring device including electrical connections of the measuring device, the back portion comprising a body with first and second opposing surfaces and a circular-shaped opening formed in a center portion of the body, wherein the body of the back support is recessed within the back portion of the measuring device;
positioning a connecting feature of one of the front support and the back support within the circular-shaped opening of the other of the front support and the back support to releasably secure the one of the front support and the back support to the other of the front support and the back support, the connecting feature being positioned around a periphery of the circular-shaped opening of the one of the front support and the back support;
and
rotating the back support and the back portion of the measuring device in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction with respect to the front support and the front portion of the measuring device about an axis of the circular-shaped opening formed in the center portion of the front support and the circular-shaped opening formed in the center portion of the back support to enable flexible access to the electrical connections on the back portion of the measuring device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.