Motor control center unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9899809-B2
Application number	US-201615376532-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2016
Priority date	Mar 16, 2016
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A motor control center (MCC) unit includes a drawer having a space for accommodating a circuit breaker, a hinge bracket installed on one of left and right sides of the drawer, a base connected to the hinge bracket by a hinge shaft, and a display mechanism installation plate fastened to the base by a fastening member. Although a display mechanism or a display mechanism installation plates are different according to sizes or models of the MCC unit, a base and a hinge bracket may be commonly used.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control center (MCC) unit comprising:
a drawer having a space for accommodating a circuit breaker;
a hinge bracket installed on one of left and right sides of the drawer;
a base connected to the hinge bracket by a hinge shaft; and
a display mechanism installation plate fastened to the base by a fastening member.

2. The MCC unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
an anchor installed to be spaced apart from the hinge bracket on a lower plate of the drawer,
wherein a base protrusion is formed in the base and a base protrusion aligning portion is provided in the anchor and allowing the base protrusion to be inserted therein to determine a position of the base protrusion.

3. The MCC unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a front door installed to rotate centered on the opposite side of the hinge bracket,
wherein an opening is provided in a position of the front door corresponding to the display mechanism installation plate.

4. The MCC unit of claim 3 , further comprising:
a packing installed along the opening.

5. The MCC unit of claim 3 , wherein the hinge bracket comprises:
a rear body;
a rear protruding body protruding backwardly from one side of the rear body and fastened to the drawer;
a side body bent forwardly from the other side of the rear body;
a front body bent from the side body to be parallel to the rear body and longer than the rear body;
a front protruding body protruding from the front body in an opposite direction of the rear protruding body; and
a hinge shaft support body formed at a front end of the front protruding body and surrounding an outer circumference of the hinge shaft.

6. The MCC unit of claim 1 , wherein the fastening member comprises:
a nut inserted into a nut insertion recess portion formed in the base; and
a bolt fastened to the nut through a bolt through hole formed in the display mechanism installation plate.

7. The MCC unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a door locker rotatably disposed in the front door; and
a locking body fastened to the door locker and locked to the hinge bracket or unlocked therefrom.

8. The MCC unit of claim 7 , wherein the door locker comprises:
a head portion spaced apart from the locking body; and
a neck portion positioned between the head portion and the locking body and having a size smaller than that of the head portion,
wherein the locking body is fastened to the neck portion.

9. The MCC unit of claim 8 , wherein
the hinge bracket has a neck portion through hole through which the locking body passes and in which the neck portion is positioned in a penetrating manner, and
the locking body has a size smaller than that of the neck portion through hole, and after the locking body passes through the neck portion through hole, the locking body rotates to be locked in the vicinity of the neck portion through hole in a forward direction.

10. The MCC unit of claim 9 , wherein
the locking body includes a front protrusion protruding in a forward direction, and
the hinge bracket has a front protrusion aligning portion formed in the vicinity of the neck portion through hole, into which the front protrusion is inserted.

11. The MCC unit of claim 10 , wherein the front protrusion is provided in plurality in the locking body, and one of the plurality of front protrusions is inserted into the front protrusion aligning portion.

Assignees

• Lsis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Son Minsoo

Classifications

• H02H3/04

  with warning or supervision in addition to disconnection, e.g. for indicating that protective apparatus has functioned {(watching of pilot wires H02H1/0084; protection of protective arrangements H02H7/008; indication of the state of electronic switches H03K17/18)} · CPC title

• H02B1/36 Primary

  with withdrawable units · CPC title

• H02B1/306

  Accessories, e.g. windows · CPC title

• H02B1/21

  Bus-bar arrangements for rack-mounted devices with withdrawable units · CPC title

• H02B1/38

  Hinged covers or doors · CPC title