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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Howard Ross Edmunds, Roanoke, VA (US);
John Earl Bittner, Troutville, VA (US);
Brent Christopher Teal, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thanh Ngoc Nguyen, Poway, CA (US);
Brian Matthew Aiken, Roanoke, VA (US);
Christopher James McMenamin, Roanoke, VA (US);
Andrew Gordon Phillip, Roanoke, VA (US);
Christopher Todd Moore, Roanoke, VA (US);
Kyle Craig Stott, Brooklyn, OH (US);
Rick Lynn Gintz, Roanoke, VA (US);
Fred Henry Boettner, Roanoke, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for mounting electrical devices in a housing at an angle relative to the ground is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing having a top, bottom, and sides, each of which may be open, closed or ventilated. One or more electrical devices are located in the housing and are oriented at an angle relative to the horizontal ground. The electrical devices may be silicon controlled rectifiers that serve as a power bridge between an exciter and a power generator. A method for mounting electrical devices in a housing at an angle relative to the horizontal ground is also provided.