Voltage indicator display module with removable battery shuttle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11378593-B2
Application number	US-201716330644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2017
Priority date	Sep 19, 2016
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A voltage display module for a voltage indication device has a well body, communication cable, cap, and battery shuttle. The well body is secured to the door of the electrical enclosure. The communication plug of the communication cable is secured to the well body. The cap is removably secured to the well body and is accessible to a user from outside the enclosure. The battery shuttle is housed within the well body and has a communication jack secured to one end. The communication jack is configured to engage the communication plug when the battery shuttle is fully inserted and configured to be electrically isolated from the plug when the battery shuttle is partially withdrawn.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A voltage display module for a voltage indication device for mounting to a door of an electrical enclosure comprising:
a well body secured to the door of the electrical enclosure wherein a portion of the well body is contained within the enclosure;
a communication cable with a communication plug, the communication plug being secured to the well body;
a removable cap secured to the well body, the cap being accessible by a user from outside the electrical enclosure;
a battery shuttle housed within the well body, the battery shuttle having a communication jack secured to it, the communication jack configured to engage the communication plug when the battery shuttle is fully inserted into the well body, the well body and communication jack being further configured to electrically isolate the communication jack from the communication plug when the battery shuttle is at least partially withdrawn from the well body and before the battery shuttle is fully withdrawn from the well body.

2. The voltage display module of claim 1 wherein the battery shuttle and well body contain retention feature preventing the complete removal of the battery shuttle from the well body.

3. The voltage display module of claim 1 wherein the communication plug is secured to the well body via a retention clip.

4. The voltage display module of claim 1 wherein the communication jack is an RJ45 style jack.

5. The voltage display module of claim 4 wherein the communication plug is an RJ45 style plug.

6. The voltage display module of claim 1 wherein the cap must be removed before the battery shuttle may be partially withdrawn.

7. The voltage display module of claim 1 wherein the battery shuttle further comprises electronics, the electronics being electrically isolated from the communication plug when the battery shuttle is partially withdrawn from the well body.

Assignees

• Panduit Corp

Inventors

• Blanton Derek W
• Adams Michael Scott

Classifications

• H01M10/488

  Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density · CPC title

• G01R19/155 Primary

  Indicating the presence of voltage · CPC title

• G01R13/40 Primary

  using modulation of a light beam otherwise than by mechanical displacement, e.g. by Kerr effect {(visual indication of correct tuning H03J3/14)} · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title