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Housing with integral mounting bracket

US5817975A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1995
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01F27/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A housing having a main section for holding an object, such as a ballast transformer, that has side walls and an open top. A lid having a shape conforming to that of the housing main section has side walls that fit over the main section side walls and covers the open top. The lid has an integral bracket of general U-shape that extends from one of the edges of the lid with the open part of the U facing upwardly toward the lid top. The bracket permits the housing and its contents to be suspended from an external mount.

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