Patent ID: 8076598
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An interlock system in combination with an enclosure, the combination comprising: an enclosure having a base and a door that define an interior, the door having an open position and a closed position; a rotary handle attached to the door of the enclosure; a disconnect switch disposed in the interior of the enclosure, the disconnect switch including a shaft extending toward an exterior of the enclosure in a direction toward the door, the handle configured to engage the shaft when the door is in the closed position and rotate the shaft to move the shaft of the disconnect switch between an on position and an off position; a first interlocking member attached to the door and extending toward an interior of the enclosure; and a second interlocking member attached to the shaft, the second interlocking member being configured to engage and interlock with the first interlocking member when the door is in the closed position and the disconnect switch is in the on position, wherein the second interlocking member comprises a cantilever beam rotatably attached to the shaft and configured to rotate about an axis that is orthogonal to a rotational axis of the shaft.