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US 12,665,404 B2Granted
Watertight box and adapter
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsMichael Jay Zbriger, Joseph Nicholas Cretella, Roy Joseph Itzler, Joseph Anthony DiMaria
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Abstract
An electrical assembly is constructed for mounting an electrical wiring device at an incline with respect to a support. The assembly includes a mounting bracket for receiving and supporting the electrical wiring device. The mounting bracket is received in a recess open end of a support, such as the open end of an adapter for an electrical box. The mounting bracket is coupled directly to the support. A weatherproof cover overlies the electrical wiring device and the bracket for closing the electrical wiring device and providing a weatherproof seal between the cover and the support.
Claims27
An electrical assembly comprising:
- a support configured for coupling to an electrical box, said support having a two opposite side walls and two opposite end walls that define an internal cavity having a bottom end and a top end that are open in which to receive an electrical wiring device, and a support surface spaced from the top end of said support;
- a mounting bracket received on said support surface and positioned in said internal cavity and coupled by a fastener to said support surface within said cavity, where said mounting bracket is configured to support an electrical wiring device provided within said cavity of said support;
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- a cover having a base with an opening, and a movable lid coupled to said base to close said opening in said base, and where said base is directly coupled to said mounting bracket by a fastener extending between said base and mounting bracket,
- wherein the two opposite end walls of the support comprise a first end wall and a second end, the second end wall having a height less than a height of the first end wall such that the two opposite side walls extending between the first end wall and the second end wall each has a top edge that is inclined to define the top end oriented in a first plane that is inclined relative to a second plane in which the bottom end is oriented, the second plane of the bottom end being parallel to a top end of the electrical box, the mounting bracket coupled to the support being correspondingly inclined relative to the top end of the electrical box.
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An electrical assembly comprising:
- an electrical box having a top end;
- a cover;
- an adapter having two opposite side walls and two opposite end walls that define an internal cavity having an open top end and an open bottom end in which to receive an electrical device, the open bottom end of the adapter being coupled to said top end of said electrical box, the two opposite end walls comprising a first end wall and a second end, the second end wall having a height less than a height of the first end wall such that the two opposite side walls extending between the first end wall and the second end wall each has a top edge that is inclined to define the open top end oriented in a first plane that is inclined relative to a second plane in which the open bottom end is oriented, the second plane of the open bottom end being parallel to said top end of the electrical box, and
- a mounting bracket having an outer peripheral edge and a central opening for receiving an electrical device, and where the electrical device is coupled to said mounting bracket, and where said mounting bracket is received in and directly coupled to said adapter by a fastener, the mounting bracket coupled to said adapter being in the first plane and correspondingly inclined relative to the top end of the electrical box;
- wherein the cover has a bottom end coupled to said mounting bracket via another fastener and has a top end oriented in the first plane to be inclined with respect to the second plane that is parallel of said top end of said electrical box.
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An electrical assembly comprising:
- an adapter coupled to a top end of an electrical box, said adapter having two opposite side walls and two opposite end walls that define an internal cavity having an open top end and an open bottom end in which to receive an electrical wiring device, the two opposite end walls comprising a first end wall and a second end, the second end wall having a height less than a height of the first end wall such that the two opposite side walls extending between the first end wall and the second end wall each has a top edge that is inclined to define said open top end oriented in a first plane that is inclined relative to a second plane in which said open bottom end is oriented, the second plane of said open bottom end being parallel to said top end of the electrical box, and an inwardly extending ledge spaced from said open top end a distance to define a recess within the internal cavity of said adapter;
- a mounting bracket having an outer edge received in said recess and an inner edge defining an opening;
- an electrical wiring device received in said opening of said mounting bracket and coupled to said mounting bracket;
- a fastener to couple the mounting bracket to at least one of the adapter and the electrical box, the mounting bracket being in the first plane and correspondingly inclined relative to said top end of the electrical box when coupled to the at least one of the adapter and the electrical box;
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- a cover, said mounting bracket having a plurality of threaded holes for receiving screws extending through said cover and coupling said cover to said mounting bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.