Electrical enclosures having configurable panel layouts

Active Publication Date: 2010-10-07
SQUARE D CO
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[0004]The present disclosure is directed to providing a customizable load center (hereinafter referred to as “CLC”). The CLC is configurable by an original equipment manufacturer (herein after referred to as “OEM”), an electrician, an end user, etc. to accept a plurality of different makes, models, sizes, and types of circuit breakers and related electrical accessories. The CLC includes an outer housing for mounting the CLC into a building, such as a residential house. The housing has various inputs/outputs to r

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For a prefabricated load center having fixed circuit breaker inputs, a consumer is not always able to install differently sized circuit breakers into the load center, even if the circuit breaker is manufactured by the same party that manufactured the load center.

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[0016]Although the invention will be described in connection with certain aspects and / or embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to those particular aspects and / or embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all alternatives, modifications, and equivalent arrangements as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

[0017]Referring to FIG. 1, an electrical enclosure or customizable load center 100 is shown according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. The customizable load center 100 is referred to herein as CLC 100 for short. According to some embodiments, the CLC 100 includes a housing 110. The housing 110 can be made of a variety of materials including metal, plastic, fiberglass, etc. According to some embodiments, the housing 110 includes a hinged door (not shown) or other means of sealing or covering the contents of the CLC 100. The housing 110 can also include an insul...

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Abstract

An electrical enclosure for circuit breakers includes a busbar with a plurality of apertures equidistantly positioned along a length of the busbar so that insulating inserts and corresponding busbar connectors can be attached to the busbar to receive variously sized circuit breakers having different widths equal to an integer multiple of the center-to-center distance between the equidistantly positioned apertures.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to electrical equipment and, more particularly, to electrical enclosures having configurable electrical panel layouts.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Electrical enclosures, such as, for example, a load center, typically house a plurality of circuit breakers and / or related electrical accessories. Load centers are typically prefabricated to accept a fixed number of a fixed type and size of circuit breaker and / or related electrical accessory. There are a variety of manufacturers that produce different types and sizes of circuit breakers and electrical accessories that “plug-into” the load center. Due to the varying shapes and sizes of the circuit breakers from manufacturer to manufacturer, consumers are forced to purchase and install circuit breakers and electrical accessories into a load center specifically designed and manufactured by the same manufacturer as the load center. Moreover, manufacturers produce several ...

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IPC IPC(8): H02B1/26
CPCH02B1/056
Inventor REZAC, WILLARD J.
Owner SQUARE D CO
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