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US 12,224,568 · App. 18/333,671 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Back-to-back two-gang electrical box

Inventors: Jian Hua Li (Bayside, NY); Joseph Nicholas Cretella (Ansonia, CT)
Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
H02G3/086H02G3/083H02G3/14
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Patent No.
US 12,224,568
App. No.
18/333,671
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical box including a central housing with a first side opening, a second side opening opposite the first side opening, and a rear opening, each of the first and second side openings configured to receive an electrical or data interface device, a first extension compartment around the first side opening, the first extension compartment including a first door, and a second extension compartment around the second side opening, the second extension compartment including a second door.

Claims (26)

1. An electrical box, comprising:

a central housing with a first side opening, a second side opening opposite the first side opening, and a rear opening, each of the first and second side openings configured to receive an electrical or data interface device;

a first extension compartment around the first side opening, said first extension compartment including a first door; and

a second extension compartment around the second side opening, said second extension compartment including a second door.

2. The electrical box of claim 1 , further comprising a slot on a front side of the central housing, opposite the rear opening, for inserting and removing a barrier in the central housing between the first side opening and the second side opening.

3. The electrical box of claim 2 , wherein the first extension compartment extends outward from the first side opening a distance greater than a distance between the first side opening and the slot.

4. The electrical box of claim 3 , further comprising a cover removably positioned over the slot.

5. The electrical box of claim 1 , wherein the first side opening includes a first electrical or data interface device and the second side opening includes a second electrical or data interface device, wherein the first electrical or data interface device is a high voltage electrical outlet or switch and the second electrical or data interface device is a low voltage data or audio/visual (AV) outlet.

6. The electrical box of claim 1 , comprising a rear side including the rear opening and a front side opposite the rear side, wherein the rear side is configured to attach to a mount box.

7. The electrical box of claim 6 , wherein each of the first and second doors are hingedly attached to edges of the front side.

8. The electrical box of claim 6 , wherein the mount box is a two-gang mount box.

9. The electrical box of claim 6 , wherein the mount box is a single-gang mount box.

10. The electrical box of claim 9 , further comprising a mud ring at least partially closing the rear opening of said central housing around an opening of the single-gang mount box.

11. The electrical box of claim 6 , wherein the mount box is mounted in a wall, and wherein the electrical box is mounted against the wall.

12. The electrical box of claim 6 , wherein the mount box is mounted on a top of a pedestal, and wherein the electrical box is mounted against the top of the pedestal.

13. The electrical box of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first and second extension compartments includes a cable cutout on each of at least two sides of the at least one of said first and second extension compartments.

14. The electrical box of claim 13 , wherein the at least one of said first and second extension compartments includes a removable plug closing at least one of the cable cutouts.

15. An electrical box, comprising:

a central housing with a first side opening, a second side opening opposite the first side opening, and a rear opening configured to attach to a mount box, each of the first and second side openings configured to receive an electrical or data interface device; and

a slot extending from a front side of the central housing and through said central housing between the first side opening and the second side opening; and

a barrier configured to extend through the slot and the rear opening at least partially into the mount box.

16. The electrical box of claim 15 , wherein the first side opening includes a first electrical or data interface device and the second side opening includes a second electrical or data interface device, wherein the first electrical or data interface device is a high voltage electrical outlet or switch and the second electrical or data interface device is a low voltage data or audio/visual (AV) outlet.

17. The electrical box of claim 15 , further comprising a removable cover over the slot.

18. The electrical box of claim 15 , further comprising:

a first extension compartment removably attachable to said central housing around the first side opening, said first extension compartment extending outward from the first side opening a distance greater than a distance between the first side opening and the slot, and a second extension compartment removably attachable to said central housing around the second side opening, said second extension compartment extending outward from the second side opening a distance greater than the distance between the second side opening and the slot.

19. The electrical box of claim 18 , further comprising a gasket between each of said first and second extension compartments and said central housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2023
From: LI, JIAN HUA; CRETELLA, JOSEPH NICHOLAS
To: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 063930/0827 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17572041 · Jan 10, 2022
Provisional Application 63136127 · Jan 11, 2021
Related Publication 20230327415A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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