Mounting Mechanism for Outdoor Power Converter

• Main Authors: Goulden Jason Evans, Dong William Raeming, Germe Gregory Daniel Louis
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.01.2018
• Subjects: BLASTING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERATION; HEATING; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

This application is directed to a mounting plate for attaching an electronic device to a mounting surface. The mounting plate includes an opening configured to receive a mounting fastener for securing the mounting plate to the mounting surface, and a first polygonal fastener structure configured to mate with a complementary second polygonal fastener structure of the electronic device. When the first and second fastener structures are mechanically mated to each other, the electronic device is fixed to the mounting plate. When the mounting fastener is secured to the mounting surface through the opening, the mounting plate is rotatable such that when the electronic device is fixed onto the mounting plate and the mounting plate is secured to the mounting surface by the mounting fastener, the electronic device and the mounting plate have an unlimited range of rotation with respect to the mounting surface and substantially consistent resistance.