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Electrical enclosure including an integral exhaust duct and method

US9653896B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2015
Grant dateMay 16, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02B13/025
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical enclosure includes a first wall having an exhaust opening, a second wall, and a third wall. The electrical enclosure also includes at least one circuit breaker compartment, a line compartment arranged between the third wall and the at least one circuit breaker compartment, and an exhaust duct extending through the electrical enclosure between the first wall and the second wall. The exhaust duct is fluidically connected to the exhaust opening and each of the at least one circuit breaker compartments. At least one passage extends between the line compartment and the at least one circuit breaker compartment through the exhaust duct. The at least one passage is substantially fluidically isolated from the exhaust duct.

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