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US 2026/0163337 A1Published application
System and Method for Relocating Branch Circuit Electrical Cables from an Existing Electrical Enclosure
OwnerJeremy P. Hoffmaninventor
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Abstract
A system and method for relocating branch circuit electrical cables which enter an existing electrical enclosure, and for which additional cable length is unavailable, to a novel enclosure presenting cable entry points favorably positioned to receive the existing branch circuit cables without additional length required, and in a manner considered safe and repeatable for multiple branch circuit cables to be relocated at present or in the future.
Claims17
A method for relocating branch circuit electrical cables from an existing electrical enclosure to an additional electrical enclosure secured to the existing electrical enclosure when a cable length of the branch circuit electrical cables to be relocated is limited, comprising:
- providing an enclosure structural core (50) having a rear panel (52) and side panels defining an interior of the enclosure structural core, the side panels including a top side panel (53), a bottom side panel (55), a long side panel (54), and a discontinuous short side panel (56) that surround a front top opening, the long side panel (54) longer than the discontinuous short side panel (56), the rear panel (52) having a main portion (63) and an extension portion (64, 65) co-planar with the main portion (63), the extension portion (64, 65) extending from the main portion (63) beyond the discontinuous short side panel (56) and configured to be secured to the existing electrical enclosure, at least one of the top or bottom side panels (53, 55) having one or more structural core cable entry points (68) defined therein, an obtuse angle being formed between the discontinuous short side panel (56) and the at least one of the top or bottom side panels (53, 55), the at least one of the top or bottom side panels (53, 55) positioned to receive branch circuit electrical cables relocated from the existing electrical enclosure without additional cable length required, the discontinuous short side panel (56) having a panel opening configured to be positioned in alignment with one or more existing cable entry points in the existing electrical enclosure when the enclosure structural core is secured to the existing electrical enclosure;
- and an openable cover (51) securable over the top opening for providing access to the interior of the enclosure structural core (50), the openable cover (51) having an extended overhang portion (61, 62) which extends outwardly over the discontinuous short side panel and abuts against and is configured to be secured to the existing electrical enclosure, wherein when the electrical enclosure assembly is secured to the existing electrical enclosure, the enclosure structural core is the additional electrical enclosure;
- securing the extension portion (64, 65) to the existing electrical enclosure, forming the additional electrical enclosure;
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- relocating one or more branch circuit electrical cables from the existing electrical enclosure to the additional electrical enclosure.
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An electrical enclosure assembly for attachment to an existing electrical enclosure
- comprising:
- an enclosure structural core having a rear panel and a side panel defining an interior of the enclosure structural core, the side panel surrounding a front top opening and including a discontinuous short side panel portion;
- the rear panel having a main portion and an extension portion co-planar with the main portion and extending from the main portion beyond the discontinuous short side panel portion of the side panel and configured to be secured to the existing electrical enclosure;
- a portion of the side panel adjacent the discontinuous short side panel portion of the side panel having one or more structural core cable entry points defined therein and positioned to receive branch circuit electrical cables relocated from the existing electrical enclosure without additional cable length required, ;
- the discontinuous short side panel portion having a panel opening configured to be positioned in alignment with one or more existing cable entry points in the existing electrical enclosure when the enclosure structural core is secured to the existing electrical enclosure;
- and
- an openable cover securable over the top opening for providing access to the interior of the enclosure structural core, the openable cover having an extended overhang portion which extends outwardly over the discontinuous short side panel and abuts against and is configured to be secured to the existing electrical enclosure,
- wherein when the electrical enclosure assembly is secured to the existing electrical enclosure, the enclosure structural core is an additional electrical enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.