Fluid management system for a housing of an electrical device

A housing of an electrical device that is designed to direct liquid by gravitation over an exterior surface of the housing, the housing comprising:

• a top wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge and a center shaft hole, the shaft hole having a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing;
• a bottom wall spaced axially below the top wall, the bottom wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge;
• a side wall extending axially between the top wall and the bottom wall and together with the top wall and the bottom wall enclosing an interior volume of the housing;
• at least one electrical connector projecting radially outwardly from the side wall;
• a shelf projecting radially outwardly from the top wall and positioned axially above the at least one electrical connector;
• and,
• the shelf having opposite top and bottom surfaces, the at least one electrical connector being positioned beneath the shelf bottom surface and a ridge projecting upwardly from the shelf top surface.

A housing of an electrical device that is designed to direct liquid by gravitation over an exterior surface of the housing, the housing comprising:

• a top wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge and center shaft hole, the shaft hole having a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing;
• a bottom wall spaced axially below the top wall, the bottom wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge;
• a side wall extending axially between the top wall and the bottom wall and together with the top wall and the bottom wall enclosing an interior volume of the housing;
• at least one electrical connector projecting radially outwardly from the side wall;
• a shelf on the top wall, the shelf projecting radially outwardly from the top wall and positioned axially above the at least one electrical connector;
• and,
• the shelf completely covering over the at least one electrical connector.

A housing of an electrical device that is designed to direct liquid by gravitation over an exterior surface of the housing, the housing comprising:

• a top wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge and a center shaft hole, the shaft hole having a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing;
• a bottom wall spaced axially below the top wall, the bottom wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge;
• a side wall extending axially between the top wall and the bottom wall and together with the top wall and the bottom wall enclosing an interior volume of the housing;
• at least one electrical connector projecting radially outwardly from the side wall;
• a shelf projecting radially outwardly from the top wall and positioned axially above the at least one electrical connector,
• the shelf having a distal edge positioned radially outwardly from the side wall and a pair of side edges that extend radially outwardly from the side wall to the shelf distal edge, and the at least one electrical connector being positioned between the pair of side edges;
• and,
• a pair of side panels extending axially downwardly from the shelf with each side panel extending downwardly from a side edge of the shelf.

A housing for an electrical device that is designed to direct liquid by gravitation over an exterior surface of the housing, the housing comprising:

• a top wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge and a center shaft hole, the shaft hole having a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing;
• a bottom wall spaced axially below the top wall, the bottom wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge;
• a side wall extending axially between the top wall and the bottom wall and together with the top wall and the bottom wall enclosing an interior volume of the housing, the side wall having at least one vent opening through the side wall;
• a flange projecting radially outwardly from the side wall in a position axially above the at least one vent opening,
• the flange having axially opposite top and bottom surfaces and a lip projecting axially downwardly from the flange bottom surface.

A housing for an electrical device that is designed to direct liquid by gravitation over an exterior surface of the housing, the housing comprising:

• a top wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge and a center shaft hole, the shaft hole having a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing;
• a bottom wall spaced axially below the top wall, the bottom wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge;
• a side wall extending axially between the top wall and the bottom wall and together with the top wall and the bottom wall enclosing an interior volume of the housing, the side wall having at least one vent opening through the side wall;
• a flange projecting radially outwardly from the side wall in a position axially above the at least one vent opening;
• the at least one vent opening being one of a plurality of vent openings that are spatially arranged around the side wall and the flange being an annular flange that extends completely around the side wall over the plurality of vent openings;
• and,
• the flange having axially Opposite top and bottom surfaces and a lip projecting downwardly from the flange bottom surface and extending completely around the side wall.

A housing for an electrical device that is designed to direct liquid by gravitation over an exterior surface of the housing, the housing comprising:

• a top wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge and a center shaft hole, the shaft hole having a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing;
• a bottom wall spaced axially below the top wall, the bottom wall having an exterior surface with an outer peripheral edge;
• a side wall extending axially between the top wall and the bottom wall and together with the top wall and bottom wall enclosing an interior volume of the housing, the side wall having at least one vent opening through the side wall, the side wall having an exterior surface portion axially above the at least one vent opening and the exterior surface portion diverging radially outwardly as the exterior surface portion extends axially downwardly toward the at least one vent opening;
• the side wall having an underside surface positioned axially below the side wall exterior surface portion and the underside surface extending axially upwardly and radially inwardly from the side wall exterior surface portion toward the at lease one vent opening.