Motor control center unit withdraw with door closed

US8638561B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gregory David Lehtola · Menomonee Falls, US
• Dean Thomas Meyer · Oak Creek, US
• Arnaldo Hiroyuki Omoto · Gravatá, BR
• Paul Thomas Krause · Fredonia, US
• Fabio Kazuo Ito · São Paulo, BR
• Steven J. Bauer · Richland Center, US
• Joao Freitas · São Paulo, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49117
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical enclosure wherein an electrical component can be moved between various positions (e.g., connected, disconnected, test, etc.) without opening an enclosure door. The electrical enclosure supports a component for movement between a withdrawn position, a test position, and an inserted position. A handle is accessible by an operator from an exterior of the enclosure and is configured to move the component between the respective positions without having to open the enclosure. The handle is integral with the enclosure and thus an operator needs no special tool or other device to effect movement of the electrical component between its respective positions.