US 11,955,780 B2
Motor control center (MCC) units with retractable power connector and interlocks including a power connector position interlock
Daniel Boyd Kroushl, Clayton, NC (US); Alfred Gregory Beard, Raleigh, NC (US); and Edgar Yee, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,597.
Application 16/911,521 is a division of application No. 15/848,103, filed on Dec. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,742,004, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Application 18/316,597 is a continuation of application No. 16/911,521, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,677,217.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039253 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); A47B 46/00 (2006.01); A47B 81/00 (2006.01); H01H 71/12 (2006.01); H02B 1/14 (2006.01); H02B 1/36 (2006.01); H02B 1/38 (2006.01); H02B 1/46 (2006.01); H02B 11/24 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H02B 11/133 (2006.01); H02B 11/173 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 1/36 (2013.01) [A47B 46/005 (2013.01); A47B 81/00 (2013.01); H01H 71/128 (2013.01); H02B 1/14 (2013.01); H02B 1/38 (2013.01); H02B 1/46 (2013.01); H02B 11/24 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 7/1414 (2013.01); H02B 11/133 (2013.01); H02B 11/173 (2013.01); H05K 5/0208 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/023 (2013.01); H05K 5/0247 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 7/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bucket assembly for a motor control center (MCC), comprising:
a power connection assembly;
a handle assembly operatively coupled to the power connection assembly, the operator handle assembly comprising an operator handle moveable between a first position corresponding to an active state of the power connection assembly and a second position corresponding to an inactive state of the power connection assembly; and
a unit latch, the unit latch being selectively movable between a disengaged state in which the unit latch is not engaged with a cabinet of the MCC, and an engaged state in which the unit latch is engaged with the cabinet of the MCC,
wherein in the disengaged state, the unit latch inhibits movement of the operator handle, and wherein in the engaged state, the unit latch does not inhibit movement of the operator handle.