IPC Subclass
H02B BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- GENERATION, CONVERSION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- Subclass:
- BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Description
H02B covers electrical equipment and installations that organize and manage power distribution from generation sources to end users. This includes control boards, switchboards, substations, switching apparatus, and their associated structural frameworks and components used in power supply networks. The classification encompasses both indoor and outdoor installations, protective devices, and the arrangement of conductors and equipment within these distribution systems. Adjacent classes H02G (wiring, cabling) and H02M (conversion of electric power) handle transmission infrastructure and power conversion separately.
Related Keywords
apparatus for PROTECTION of living beings against electricitySWITCH(ES) -gearSWITCH(ES) -yardsTRANSFORMER(S) sub-stations
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H02B 1/00 Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements
- H02B 11/00 Switchgear having carriage withdrawable for isolation
- H02B 13/00 Arrangement of switchgear in which switches are enclosed in, or structurally associated with, a casing, e.g. cubicle
- H02B 15/00 Supervisory desks or panels for centralised control or display
- H02B 3/00 Apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture, assembly, or maintenance of boards or switchgear
- H02B 5/00 Non-enclosed substations; Substations with enclosed and non-enclosed equipment
- H02B 7/00 Enclosed substations, e.g. compact substations
- H02B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass