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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ravi Prakash, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Chandrakanth Gopularam, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Debabrata Mukherjee, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Amit Narang, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Prashant Sudhakar Zende, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A switchgear housing assembly includes a first switchgear housing including a cable compartment portion and a circuit breaker portion, a busbar portion, and a second switchgear housing a cable compartment section, a busbar section, and a circuit breaker section. An exhaust duct is arranged between the first and second switchgear housings. The exhaust duct is selectively fluidically exposed to at least one of the cable compartment portion, cable compartment section, the circuit breaker portion, and the circuit breaker section. A floating flap assembly is operatively associated with at least one of the first and second switchgear housings. The floating flap assembly includes a floating flap member. The floating flap member is selectively slideable between a closed position and an open position in response to a pressure rise in one of the cable compartment portion, cable compartment section, circuit breaker portion, and circuit breaker section.