Circuit breaker panel board including illumination unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9590396-B2
Application number	US-201514710781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2015
Priority date	May 13, 2015
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

A circuit breaker panel board includes a housing including a door structured to open, a circuit breaker receiving area disposed in an interior area of the housing, and at least one illumination unit disposed outside the circuit breaker receiving area and including at least one light oriented to provide light in a direction of the circuit breaker receiving area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit breaker panel board comprising:
a housing including a door structured to open;
a circuit breaker receiving area disposed in an interior area of the housing, wherein the door is structured to open to provide access to the circuit breaker receiving area;
at least one illumination unit disposed outside the circuit breaker receiving area and including at least one light oriented to provide light in a direction of the circuit breaker receiving area; and
a power storage unit structured to store power and to provide power to the at least one illumination unit,
wherein the power storage unit is deposed in the circuit breaker receiving area,
wherein the circuit breaker receiving area includes a number of slots structured to receive circuit breakers, and
wherein the power storage unit is installed in one of the number of slots.

2. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , wherein at least one illumination unit is disposed above the circuit breaker receiving area and includes at least one light oriented downward.

3. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , wherein the at least one illumination unit is a plurality of illumination units.

4. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , wherein the power storage unit is structured to provide power to the at least one illumination unit after the circuit breaker panel stops receiving external power.

5. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , wherein the power storage unit is rechargeable.

6. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 5 , further comprising:
a charging unit structured to charge the power storage unit.

7. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 6 , wherein the charging unit is structured to use external power received by the circuit breaker panel board to charge the power storage unit.

8. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 6 , wherein the charging unit is disposed in the circuit breaker receiving area.

9. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 8 , wherein the circuit breaker receiving area includes a number of slots structured to receive circuit breakers; and
wherein the charging unit is installed in one of the number of slots.

10. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , further comprising:
a door sensor structured to detect whether the door is open,
wherein the at least one illumination unit is structured to turn on the at least one light when the door sensor detects that the door is open and to turn off the at least one light when the door sensor detects that that door is closed.

11. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , wherein the at least one light includes at least one light emitting diode.

12. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second illumination unit disposed inside the circuit breaker receiving area, the second illumination unit including at least one second light.

13. The circuit breaker panel board of claim 1 , wherein the each of the at least one illumination units include a plurality of lights.

14. A circuit breaker panel board comprising:
a housing including a door structured to open;
a circuit breaker receiving disposed in an interior area of the housing, wherein the door is structured to open to provide access to the circuit breaker receiving area;
at least one illumination unit disposed outside the circuit breaker receiving area and including at least one light oriented to provide light in a direction of the circuit breaker receiving area: and
a motion sensor disposed on the housing outside the circuit breaker receiving area and being structured to detect motion in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board,
wherein the at least one illumination unit is structured to turn on the at least one light when the motion detector detects motion in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board.

15. A circuit breaker panel broad comprising:
a housing including a door structured to open;
a circuit breaker receiving area disposed in an interior area of the housing, wherein the door is structured to open to provide access to the circuit breaker receiving area;
at least one illumination unit deposed outside the circuit breaker receiving area and including at one light oriented to provide light in a direction of the circuit breaker receiving area: and
a photo sensor disposed on the housing outside the circuit breaker receiving area and being structured to sense ambient light in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board,
wherein the at least one illumination unit is structured to turn on the at least one light when the photo sensor does not detect ambient light in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board.

16. A circuit breaker panel broad comprising:
a housing including a door structured to open;
a circuit breaker receiving area disposed in an interior area of the housing, wherein the door is structured to open to provide access to the circuit breaker receiving area;
at least one illumination unit deposed outside the circuit breaker receiving area and including at least one light oriented to provide light in a direction of the circuit breaker receiving area;
a motion sensor disposed on the housing outside the circuit breaker receiving area and being structured to detect motion in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board; and
a photo sensor disposed on the housing outside the circuit breaker receiving area and being structured to sense ambient light in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board,
wherein the at least one illumination unit is structured to turn on the at least one light when the motion detector detects motion in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board and the photo sensor does not detect ambient light in the vicinity of the circuit breaker panel board.

Assignees

• Eaton Corp

Inventors

• Ricciuti Anthony Thomas
• Fogle Thomas Kenneth
• Fello Joe Philip

Classifications

• H02B1/42 Primary

  Mounting of devices therein · CPC title

• F21V13/00

  Producing particular characteristics or distribution of the light emitted by means of a combination of elements specified in two or more of main groups F21V1/00 - F21V11/00 (controlling the distribution of the light emitted by adjustment of elements F21V14/00) · CPC title

• H02B1/44

  Hinged covers or doors · CPC title

• F21L4/02

  characterised by the provision of two or more light sources · CPC title

• H02B1/38

  Hinged covers or doors · CPC title