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US3202881A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrical panelboard enclosure

Assignee: Schneider Electric USA Inc
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Filing: 1961-08-02
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Granted: 1965-08-24
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Expires: 1981-08-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William C Carlyle

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 18:00
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02B; H02B1/00; H02B1/015; H02B1/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 326 words
AN ELECTRICAL PANELBOARD COMPRISING AN OPEN-FRONT BOX, A PAIR OF THREADED STUDS EXTENDING INWARDLY OF SAID BOX RESPECTIVELY THROUGH UPPERAND LOWER PORTIONS OF SA BACK WALL PORTION OF SAID BOX, A MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY LOOSELY MOUNTED IN SAID BOX ON SAID STUDS, SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY HAVING MEANS FOR MOUNTING ELECTRICAL CLNTROL DEVICES THEREON, A PAIR OF NUTS ADJUSTABLY THREADED ON SAID STUDS TO HOLD SAID MOUNJTING PAN ASSEMBLY THERON, A PAIR OF SCREWS ADJUSTABLY THREADED RESPECTIVELY IN UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY AND BEARING AGANST SAID BACK WALL PORTION OF SAID BOX TO HOLD SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BACK WALL PORTION AND AGAINST SAID NUTS, THE ADJUSTABILITY OF SAID NUTS AND SCREWS ENABLING SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY TO BE RIGIDLY BUT ADJUSTABLY SECURED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID BACK WALL PORTION OF SAID BOX, A SEPARATE INTERIOR TRIM PLATE MOUNTABLE ON SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY, COOPERATIVE MEANS RESPECTIVELY ON AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY AND ON SPACED UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE FOR ESTABLISHING A FIXED AXIS OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE IS MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY, AN EXTERIOR TRIM AND DOOR ASSEMBLY SEPARATE FROJ SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE BUT MOUNTABLE THEREON AND INCLUDING AN EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL HAVING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR DOOR OPENING THERIN AND A DOOR HINGED TO SAID EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL ADJUCENT AN EDGE OF SAID DOOR OPENING, COOPERATIVE MEANS RESPECTIVELY ON AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE AND ON SPACED UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL FOR ESTABLISHING A FIXED AXIS OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID EXTERIOR TRIM AND DOOR ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED ON SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE, AND FASTENING MEANS SECURING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE TO SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY, SAID FASTENING MEASN ALSO SECURING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL TO SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY AND BEING CONCEALABLE BY SAID DOOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 326 words
AN ELECTRICAL PANELBOARD COMPRISING AN OPEN-FRONT BOX, A PAIR OF THREADED STUDS EXTENDING INWARDLY OF SAID BOX RESPECTIVELY THROUGH UPPERAND LOWER PORTIONS OF SA BACK WALL PORTION OF SAID BOX, A MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY LOOSELY MOUNTED IN SAID BOX ON SAID STUDS, SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY HAVING MEANS FOR MOUNTING ELECTRICAL CLNTROL DEVICES THEREON, A PAIR OF NUTS ADJUSTABLY THREADED ON SAID STUDS TO HOLD SAID MOUNJTING PAN ASSEMBLY THERON, A PAIR OF SCREWS ADJUSTABLY THREADED RESPECTIVELY IN UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY AND BEARING AGANST SAID BACK WALL PORTION OF SAID BOX TO HOLD SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BACK WALL PORTION AND AGAINST SAID NUTS, THE ADJUSTABILITY OF SAID NUTS AND SCREWS ENABLING SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY TO BE RIGIDLY BUT ADJUSTABLY SECURED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID BACK WALL PORTION OF SAID BOX, A SEPARATE INTERIOR TRIM PLATE MOUNTABLE ON SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY, COOPERATIVE MEANS RESPECTIVELY ON AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY AND ON SPACED UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE FOR ESTABLISHING A FIXED AXIS OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE IS MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY, AN EXTERIOR TRIM AND DOOR ASSEMBLY SEPARATE FROJ SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE BUT MOUNTABLE THEREON AND INCLUDING AN EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL HAVING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR DOOR OPENING THERIN AND A DOOR HINGED TO SAID EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL ADJUCENT AN EDGE OF SAID DOOR OPENING, COOPERATIVE MEANS RESPECTIVELY ON AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE AND ON SPACED UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL FOR ESTABLISHING A FIXED AXIS OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID EXTERIOR TRIM AND DOOR ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED ON SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE, AND FASTENING MEANS SECURING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID INTERIOR TRIM PLATE TO SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY, SAID FASTENING MEASN ALSO SECURING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID EXTERIOR TRIM PANEL TO SAID MOUNTING PAN ASSEMBLY AND BEING CONCEALABLE BY SAID DOOR.

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