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Motor control center units with retractable stabs and interlocks using sliding portal shutters

US10020642B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 2016
Grant dateJul 10, 2018
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02B11/24
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Motor control centers have units or buckets with one or more sliding shutters that controllably block access to a stab isolation port based on position of the operator disconnect handle using attached cams that slide the shutter right and left. A front panel of the unit or bucket may also be configured to pivot out about a long axis associated with a bottom long side thereof.

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