US 11,929,596 B2
Modular switchgear and method of assembling the same
Brittany Leigh McBride, Southbury, CT (US); Erik Ryan Khzouz, Plainville, CT (US); and Michael Paul Lafond, Mebane, NC (US)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,259.
Prior Publication US 2023/0318268 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H02B 1/56 (2006.01); H02B 1/21 (2006.01); H02B 1/36 (2006.01); H02B 13/025 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 1/565 (2013.01) [H02B 1/21 (2013.01); H02B 1/36 (2013.01); H02B 13/025 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical enclosure comprising:
a main cabinet comprising a bus compartment, the main cabinet having an end wall and a partition opposite the end wall, the bus compartment located between the partition and the end wall, the bus compartment comprising a busbar assembly; and
a modular cabinet removably secured to the main cabinet, the modular cabinet comprised of at least two interlocking compartment modules, wherein each of the interlocking compartment modules interlocks with at least one adjacent one of the interlocking compartment modules, each of the interlocking compartment modules comprising:
a first side panel and a second side panel, each of the first and second side panels comprising at least one alignment member, wherein each of the at least one alignment member engages the at least one alignment member of a respective one of the first and second side panels of the at least one adjacent one of the interlocking compartment modules;
a base extending between the first side panel and the second side panel; and
a terminal wall joining a side of the first side panel and a side of the second side panel;
wherein the terminal walls of the interlocking compartment modules engage to form a structural wall of the modular cabinet, the structural wall oriented toward the partition of the main cabinet when the main cabinet and the modular cabinet are secured to each other.