US 11,905,879 B2
Standby generator control and access panel
Mark J. Sarder, Waukesha, WI (US); Russell J. Dopke, Elkhart Lake, WI (US); Hiroaki Sato, Brookfield, WI (US); and Leigh A. Jenison, Hartland, WI (US)
Assigned to Champion Power Equipment, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed by Champion Power Equipment, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/934,856.
Application 17/934,856 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,693, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,492,961.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/667,747, filed on May 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175432 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC F02B 63/044 (2013.01) [F02B 2063/045 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system for a standby generator comprising:
a control box mountable in a standby generator enclosure;
a control panel;
one or more linkage mechanisms coupling the control panel to the control box such that the control panel is selectively openable to provide access into the control box; and
one or more generator control components mounted in the control box and operated by the control panel.