Patents Examined by Devek S. Boles
  • Patent number: 5803803
    Abstract: An arrangement capable of being assembled with either an existing installed electrical equipment enclosure or during the fabrication and assembly of the electrical equipment enclosure is provided that increases the ventilation characteristics of the electrical equipment enclosure and provides desirable tamper resistance. The electrical equipment enclosure includes at least one sidewall, at least one access panel carried by the sidewall, at least one support member spanning portions of the sidewall, and a roof being carried above the sidewall and the access panel. The sidewall, the access panel, the roof and the support member including predetermined turned edges forming flanges and being assembled so as to define predetermined passageways therebetween which provide predetermined ventilation characteristics and tamper resistance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: S&C Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael P. O'Dell, Phillip J. Fahey
  • Patent number: 5669555
    Abstract: A motor vehicle heating device with an exhaust connection piece (3) and a baffle plate (9) located near its exit opening. The baffle plate (9) is attached to the exhaust connection piece (3) by means of a spring element (7), preferably by means of hook-shaped end (10) of the spring which fits into recess (6) of a flow-dividing bulkhead (5) of the exhaust connection piece (3). Another part of spring element (7) is made as a compression spring which has compressible outer part (11) which rests against a shoulder (12) of the exhaust connection piece (3). The invention enables simple, cost-favorable attachment of a baffle plate on an exhaust connection piece by means of which outstanding noise damping is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Ernst Mosig