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US 8,797,718 B2Granted
Cabinet for a power distribution system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEdward C. Fontana, Paul Smith, William C. England, III
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Abstract
A power distribution system comprising a cabinet configured to hold electronic components therein. An outside surface of the cabinet has one or more electrical termination contacts thereon such that a surface of the electrical termination contacts is part of the outside surface. The electrical termination contacts are configured to be coupled to an external DC power source at the outside surface.
Claims13
A power distribution system, comprising:
- an interposer body having one end configured to fit to an end of a cabinet wherein,
- an opposite end of the interposer body has one or more electrical termination contacts defined in a wall of the opposite end of the interposer body;
- an outside surface of the opposite end of the interposer body has the one or more electrical termination contacts thereon such that a first surface of the electrical termination contacts is part of the outside surface, the first surface of the one or more electrical termination contacts configured to be coupled to an external DC power source at the outside surface;
- a side of the interposer body adjacent to the opposite end has two or more recessed openings configured to accommodate lifting structures therein;
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- an interior cavity is defined between the two or more recessed openings adjacent to the opposite end of the interposer body, wherein the interior cavity is configured to hold electrical feed connections, located inside the cabinet, therein such that the electrical feed connections are couplable to a second surface of the one or more electrical termination contacts, the second surface facing interior cavity of the interposer body and being opposite to the first surface.
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A method of assembling a power distribution system, comprising:
- providing an interposer body having one end configured to fit to an end of a cabinet, wherein
- an opposite end of the interposer body has one or more electrical termination contacts defined in a wall of the opposite end of the interposer body;
- an outside surface of the opposite end of the interposer body has the one or more electrical termination contacts thereon such that a first surface of the electrical termination contacts is part of the outside surface, the first surface of the one or more electrical termination contacts configured to be coupled to an external DC power source at the outside surface;
- a side of the interposer body adjacent to the opposite end has two or more recessed openings configured to accommodate lifting structures therein;
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- an interior cavity is defined between the two or more recessed openings adjacent to the opposite end of the interposer body, wherein the interior cavity is configured to hold electrical feed connections, located inside the cabinet, therein such that the electrical feed connections are couplable to a second surface of the one or more electrical termination contacts, the second surface facing the interior cavity of the interposer body and being opposite to the first surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.