Support apparatus usable with electrical enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10965110-B2
Application number	US-201816000026-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2013
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A support apparatus is usable with an electrical enclosure to provide support to retain a cover portion of the electrical enclosure in proximity to a cabinet portion of the electrical enclosure. The support apparatus includes a shank having a hook-shaped retention element situated at an end thereof that is configured to provide vertical support to the cover portion. The support apparatus can further include a second hook-shaped retention element at an opposite end of the shank that is configured to rest upon an upturned lip of the cabinet portion, or the shank can potentially be affixed to the cabinet portion. Slots can additionally be provided in the cabinet portion, the cover portion, or both to additionally provide horizontal alignment of the cover portion with the cabinet portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical enclosure apparatus comprising:
an electrical enclosure comprising a cabinet portion and a cover portion;
the cabinet portion having a base panel, a number of walls extending from a periphery of the base panel, and a number of upturned lips, at least a first upturned lip of the number of upturned lips being elongated and extending from at least a first wall of the number of walls and being disposed opposite the base panel;
the cover portion being planar in shape and having a plurality of edges which together form a periphery of the cover portion;
a support apparatus comprising:
a shank,
a first retention element situated on the shank and being receivable on the at least first upturned lip, and
a second retention element disposed on the shank, an edge from among the plurality of edges being elongated and being receivable on the second retention element to provide vertical support to the cover portion; and

the at least first upturned lip having a notch formed therein that is structured to receive therein at least a portion of the first retention element and to resist movement of the support apparatus in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the at least first upturned lip;
the cover portion having another notch formed in the edge that is structured to receive therein at least another portion of the second retention element whereby the support apparatus is structured to position the cover portion in horizontal alignment with the cabinet portion and to resist movement of the cover portion in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the edge.

2. The electrical enclosure apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cover portion comprises a number of fasteners, wherein an upturned lip of the number of upturned lips has a number of first holes formed therein, and wherein the cover portion has a number of second holes formed therein, at least some of the number of first holes and at least some of the number of second holes being aligned and being structured to receive therein a fastener of the number of fasteners when the at least a portion of the first retention element is received in the notch and when the at least a portion of the second retention element is received in the another notch.

Assignees

• Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd

Inventors

• Lagree James L
• Terhorst Bruce R
• Hymel Jon

Classifications

• F16B5/0635

  fastened over the edges of the sheets or plates · CPC title

• H02G3/14 Primary

  Fastening of cover or lid to box · CPC title

• Y10T24/44991

  having specific surface irregularity on or along engaging face · CPC title

• A47B47/025

  with panels connected together without three dimensional frames (A47B47/0025, A47B47/005, A47B47/0066, A47B47/042 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16B2/22

  of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material {(F16B2/205 takes precedence)} · CPC title