Patent ID: 9577412
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H02B

Claim:
1. A switchgear housing assembly comprising: a first switchgear housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and first and second side walls extending between the top wall and bottom wall defining an interior portion including a cable compartment portion, a busbar portion, and at least one circuit breaker portion; a second switchgear housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and first and second side walls extending between the top wall and the bottom wall defining an interior portion including a cable compartment section, a busbar section, and at least one circuit breaker section; an exhaust duct arranged between the first and second switchgear housings, the exhaust duct being selectively fluidically exposed to at least one of the cable compartment portion, the cable compartment section, the at least one circuit breaker portion, and the at least one circuit breaker section; and a floating flap assembly operatively associated with at least one of the first and second switchgear housings, the floating flap assembly including a floating flap member, the floating flap member being selectively slideable between a closed position and an open position without rotating relative to the switchgear housing in response to a pressure rise in one of the cable compartment portion, cable compartment section, at least one circuit breaker portion and at least one circuit breaker section.