Electrical device with incorporated cable duct

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9686875-B2
Application number	US-201414908507-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

There has conventionally been a problem that a cable duct must be disposed as a separate member apart from a device when cable wiring between devices is carried out, and a fixed space is necessary for disposing the cable duct, and thus the space cannot be effectively used. An electrical device incorporates an electrical unit such as an inverter that is wired to a cable, and a cable duct part that houses a cable wired to another device, and has structure in which, by providing slide structure, the size of cable duct part can be adjusted in accordance with the requirements of cable wiring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical device with an incorporated cable duct comprising:
an electrical unit to which a cable is wired;
a first case member and a second case member that house the electrical unit; and
a slide structure which couples the second case member to the first case member and provides an opening between the first and second case members, wherein
the first case member and the second case member constitute a unified case;
the second case member includes a duct functional part that houses a cable wired to another device through the opening between the first case member and the second case member; and
the slide structure enables a size of the duct functional part to be adjustable in a longitudinal direction.

2. The electrical device with an incorporated cable duct according to claim 1 , wherein the slide structure enables the first case member and the second case member to be brought into close contact when the cable is not wired.

3. The electrical device with an incorporated cable duct according to claim 1 , wherein the second case member can be separated into two covers.

4. The electrical device with an incorporated cable duct according to claim 1 , wherein the second case member includes a hole in the longitudinal direction.

5. The electrical device with an incorporated cable duct according to claim 1 , wherein the second case member includes a knob for carrying out slide operation with one's fingertip.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Miyake Takanori
• Nakahira Takashi

Classifications

• H02G3/0437

  Channels · CPC title

• H02B1/205

  for connecting electrical apparatus mounted side by side on a rail · CPC title

• H02B1/202 Primary

  Cable lay-outs · CPC title

• H05K5/023

  Handles; Grips · CPC title

• H02G3/105

  in association with a plinth, channel, raceway or similar · CPC title