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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Edgar Yee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Martin Bankhead, Durham, NC (US);
Gilbert Soares, Mebane, NC (US);
Harry Marvin, Mebane, NC (US);
Charles Piper, Burlington, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A decorative trim assembly for unit doors on a motor control unit. The decorative trim assembly comprises individual bezels that provide information about the motor control unit while distinguishing the motor control unit from other motor control units. Posts project from the back surfaces of the bezels and are received in holes in the unit doors. Retaining clips frictionally engage the posts and secure the bezels to the unit doors. Additional bezels are modularly connected to the secured bezel. The secured bezel contains a camouflaged cutout member that allows access to the unit door latch when removed. The unit door may be hingeably attached to the motor control unit along one edge of the unit door, and the unit door may contain quarter-turn latches along an opposing edge to secure the unit door to the motor control unit.