US 11,895,449 B2
Power pedestals
Paul D. Seff, Williamsburg, VA (US); and Jason D. Easton, Williamsburg, VA (US)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,233.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062488 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02B 1/50 (2006.01); H02B 1/03 (2006.01); H02B 1/04 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/10 (2006.01); H02H 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04Q 9/00 (2013.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H02H 3/16 (2013.01); G08C 2201/93 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power pedestal, comprising:
a housing providing an enclosure with an internal chamber, the housing comprising a pivotable panel or a removable panel;
a metering assembly in the internal chamber, wherein the pivotable panel or the removable panel, when opened or removed, respectively, provides access to the metering assembly;
an incoming power bus in the internal chamber and coupled to the meter assembly;
an internal bus in the internal chamber connected to the meter assembly;
at least one circuit interrupter comprising a first ground fault primary circuit interrupter, a second ground fault primary circuit interrupter, first nonground fault branch circuit breakers and second nonground fault branch circuit breakers, the first primary circuit interrupter disposed on a first sidewall and coupled to the first and second branch circuit interrupters disposed on the first sidewall, the second primary circuit interrupter disposed on a second sidewall and coupled to the first and second branch circuit interrupters disposed on the second sidewall, both the first and second sidewalls being different from a sidewall with the removable panel or the pivotable panel; and
a plurality of power outlet receptacles disposed on the first sidewall and the second sidewall, each power outlet receptacle externally accessible and coupled to respective nonground fault branch circuit interrupter disposed on the same sidewall as the power outlet receptacle, wherein the first and second ground fault primary circuit interrupters eliminate a need for the first and second ground fault primary circuit interrupters individually to be tied to each power outlet receptacle disposed on respective sidewall.