Enclosure, and window assembly and assembling method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10170896-B2
Application number	US-201815868175-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2018
Priority date	Jan 22, 2016
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A window assembly is for an enclosure. The enclosure has a plurality of walls. The window assembly includes a cover member structured to be coupled to each of the plurality of walls in order to form an enclosed region; a window member coupled to the cover member; a frame member coupled to the cover member; and a number of stud members each secured to the frame member and extending through the cover member. The cover member is located between the frame member and the window member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A window assembly for an enclosure, said window assembly comprising:
a cover member;
a first frame member coupled to said cover member;
a second frame member coupled to said cover member; and
a window member coupled to and disposed between said cover member and said first frame member,
wherein said cover member is disposed between said second frame member and said window member
wherein said window assembly further comprises a number of elements extending through said cover member in order to couple said cover member, said first frame member, said second frame member, and said window member together.

2. The window assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said number of elements extends through at least one of said first frame member and said second frame member.

3. The window assembly of claim 1 further comprising a gasket member disposed between and sealingly engaged with said window member and said cover member.

4. The window assembly of claim 1 further comprising a gasket member disposed between and sealingly engaged with said cover member and said second frame member.

5. The window assembly of claim 1 wherein said cover member has a first weight; wherein said first frame member has a second weight; wherein said second frame member has a third weight; and wherein the second weight and the third weight are each 10 percent or less than the first weight.

6. The window assembly of claim 5 wherein said number of elements are a number of stud members secured to one of said first frame member and said second frame member.

7. The window assembly of claim 6 wherein each of said number of stud members is not permanently secured to said cover member.

8. The window assembly of claim 6 wherein each of said number of stud members is permanently secured to said first frame member.

9. The window assembly of claim 6 wherein each of said number of stud members is permanently secured to said second frame member.

10. An enclosure comprising:
a plurality of walls; and
a window assembly comprising:
a cover member coupled to each of said plurality of walls in order to form an enclosed region,
a first frame member coupled to said cover member,
a second frame member coupled to said cover member, and
a window member coupled to and disposed between said cover member and said first frame member,

wherein said cover member is disposed between said second frame member and said window member.

11. The enclosure of claim 10 wherein said window assembly further comprises a number of elements extending through said cover member in order to couple said cover member, said first frame member, said second frame member, and said window member together.

12. The enclosure member of claim 11 wherein each of said cover member and said window member has a number of clearance holes in order to slidably receive a corresponding one of said number of elements.

13. The enclosure of claim 12 wherein said number of clearance holes is a plurality of clearance holes; and wherein said number of elements is a plurality of elements each extending through a corresponding one of the clearance holes of said cover member and said window member.

14. The enclosure of claim 12 wherein at least one of said first frame member and said second frame member has a number of clearance holes in order to slidably receive a corresponding one of said elements.

15. The enclosure of claim 14 wherein said at least one of said first frame member and said second frame member is said first frame member; and wherein said number of elements are a number of stud members permanently secured to said second frame member.

16. The enclosure of claim 14 wherein said at least one of said first frame member and said second frame member is said second frame member; and wherein said number of elements are a number of stud members permanently secured to said first frame member.

17. A method of assembling a window assembly, said window assembly comprising a number of elements, a cover member having a number of clearance holes, a first frame member coupled to said cover member, a second frame member coupled to said cover member, and a window member disposed between said cover member and said first frame member, said window member having a number of clearance holes, said cover member being disposed between said second frame member and said window member, the method comprising the steps of:
aligning said number of elements with the clearance holes of said cover member and the clearance holes of said window member; and
extending each of said number of elements through a corresponding one of the clearance holes of said cover member and a corresponding one of the clearance holes of said window member in order to couple said cover member, said first frame member, said second frame member, and said window member together.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein one of said first frame member and said second frame member has a number of clearance holes; and wherein the method further comprises the step of:
extending each of said number of elements through a corresponding one of the clearance holes of said one of said first frame member and said second frame member.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said number of elements are a number of stud members permanently secured to the other of said one of said first frame member and said second frame member.

20. An enclosure comprising:
a plurality of walls;
a cover member coupled to at least one of said plurality of walls in order to form an enclosed region;
a first frame member;
a second frame member coupled to said first frame member, and
a window member disposed between said first frame member and said second frame member, said cover member being disposed between said first frame member and said second frame member.

21. The enclosure of claim 20 further comprising a number of elements extending through said cover member in order to couple said cover member, said first frame member, and said second frame member together.

22. The enclosure of claim 20 wherein said first frame member is an inner frame member disposed in the enclosed region; wherein said second frame member is an outer frame member disposed external with respect to the enclosed region; and wherein said window member is disposed between said cover member and said outer frame member.

23. The enclosure of claim 20 wherein said cover member has a first weight; wherein said first frame member has a second weight; wherein said second frame member has a third weight; and wherein the second weight and the third weight are each 10 percent or less than the first weight.

24. A window assembly for an enclosure having a cover member, said window assembly comprising:
a first frame member;
a second frame member;
a window member structured to be disposed between said cover member and said first frame member; and
a number of elements structured to extend through said cover member in order to couple said first frame member to said second frame member.

Assignees

• Eaton Corp
• Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd

Inventors

• Sipe Warren Clift
• Prohaska Richard Donald
• Carson Gilbert Ricky

Classifications

• H02B1/38

  Hinged covers or doors · CPC title

• H05K5/069

  Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• H02B1/306 Primary

  Accessories, e.g. windows · CPC title

• H05K5/03

  Covers · CPC title