US 12,281,610 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., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Champion Power Equipment, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,090.
Application 18/581,090 is a continuation of application No. 17/934,856, filed on Sep. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,905,879.
Application 17/934,856 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,693, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,492,961, issued on Nov. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/667,747, filed on May 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0191652 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02G 3/08 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (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, the control box comprising;
a plurality of panels configured to form an entrance to the control box;
a control panel coupled to at least one panel of the plurality of panels and movable between a first position in which the entrance is closed and a second position in which the entrance is open; and
one or more generator control components mounted to the control box and operable via the control panel.