Edward R Barber

US Patent:

6865073, Mar 8, 2005

Filed:

Mar 6, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/248984

Inventors:

Jeffrey E. Werner - Haw River NC, US
Robert J. Caggiano - Wolcott CT, US
Tamara Samuels - Hamden CT, US
Michael R. Ronzello - Bristol CT, US
Edward Barber - Durham NC, US
Gopa Kumar - Secunderabad, IN
Thomas Francis Vrnak - Chapel Hill NC, US
Michael B. Davenport - Montrose PA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

H02B001/42

US Classification:

361624, 361625, 361 931, 324126, 324127

Abstract:

A panelboard having an enclosure includes at least one busbar having a plurality of electrical distribution connection points, and a current transformer module having a current transformer integral with and in signal communication with each of the busbars. A signal path is associated with and in signal communication with each current transformer for communicating a signal therefrom. In application, a load current passing through each of the busbars within the panelboard results in a signal, representative of the associated load current, at the associated current transformer and signal path.

US Patent:

63139804, Nov 6, 2001

Filed:

Apr 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/548416

Inventors:

Hamon L. Craft - Plainville CT
Edward G. Barber - Milford CT
Mike P. Lafond - Wallingford CT
Robert J. Caggiano - Wolcott CT
Robert L. Hilgendorf - Cypress TX

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

H02B 101

US Classification:

361627

Abstract:

A panelboard or switchboard enclosure 10 for a plurality of electrical distribution components 34 includes a face panel 14 with an opening 26 formed in a central portion thereof. A filler plate 12 extends across the opening 26 and is secured to the face panel 14. The face panel 14 is secured to the frame of a box assembly or cabinet 16 by fasteners 30. Releasing fasteners 30 allows the face panel 14 and all filler plates to be removed. A first end 50 of the filler plate 12 is pivotally secured to the face panel 14 by a hinge 36, and a second end 54 is releasably secured to the face panel 14 by a fastener 38. Individual filler plates can be opened by releasing the fastener 38 and pivoting the filler plate 12 about the hinge 36 to reveal the electrical distribution component(s) 34 beneath that filler plate 12.