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Electrical distribution apparatus including barrier and methods of assembling same

US10014617B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Tapas Ranjan Rout · Hyderabad, IN
Leonardo Dorea Mascarenhas · Agawam, US
Suresh M · Ghanpur, IN
Fernando Jorge de Sousa Braga · Maia, PT
Tyler Braden Diomedi · Plainville, US
Yogesh Ingole · Hyderabad, IN
Mariusz Duda · Berlin, US
Jorge Juan Bonilla Hernandez · Madrid, ES
Mukesh Jain · Dundas, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02B1/205
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical distribution apparatus includes a power connector for coupling to a cable. The power connector includes a first end and a second end each defining an opening arranged to receive the cable. A barrier is removably coupled to a portion of the electrical distribution apparatus and selectively adjustable between a first position and a second position, the barrier arranged to prevent insertion of the cable into the first end opening and to permit insertion of the cable into the second end opening when the barrier is in the first position, the barrier arranged to prevent insertion of the cable into the second end opening and to permit insertion of the cable into the first end opening when the barrier is in the second position.

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