US 12,009,651 B2
Atmospheric vent system for a busway enclosure of an outdoor busway system
Steven E. Pever, Simpsonville, SC (US); and Timothy J. J. Fink, Woodruff, SC (US)
Assigned to Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,466.
Prior Publication US 2024/0063623 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H02G 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 5/04 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An atmospheric vent system for a busway enclosure of an outdoor busway system, the outdoor busway system comprising:
a connector housing assembly of the outdoor busway system,
wherein the connector housing assembly comprises first opposed metal side plates bolted together with second opposed metal plates that are aligned perpendicularly at either end of the first opposed metal side plates such that the connector housing assembly forms a connector housing which includes one or more atmospheric vents affixed into either of sides or ends of the connector housing, and
wherein each atmospheric vent of the connector housing having an elastomeric body and a spherical weight that is moveably restrained such that an internal wall engages the spherical weight to create a seal.