General Electric Company

David A Reid

Wade A Montague

Marshall B Hart

J Peter McCuin

Dean A Robarge

George T Parker

Joseph G Nagy

Jon P McCuin

Javier I Larranaga

Robert G Markowski

Dennis J Doughty

Andre J M'Sadoques

Robert Joseph Caggiano

Robert J Sabatella

William H Calder

Steven English Richard

Joseph J Mrowka

Thomas M Palmer

Denis A Perzan

Jeffrey Lynn Cox

Stephen L Wuest

Mark Matthew Lech

Herman Tremmel

Michael J Fraser

Adil Ibrahim

Christina A Dilko

Timothy Wayne Webber

Thomas McDonald

A circuit breaker assembly including a first and second circuit breakers each having toggle switch assemblies movable between ON and OFF positions. The toggle switch assemblies have connectors coupled thereto for preventing both circuit breakers from being in the ON position at the same time.

Method of molding a saddle assembly for circuit breakers

A service entrance barrier for a load center that includes a housing and a service entrance having at least one branch fed main breaker electrically connected to branch feed lines. The service entrance barrier is securable to the load center housing to prevent human contact with electrically energized parts located in the service entrance of the load center. The service entrance barrier includes a main body portion, at least one mounting leg extending from the main body portion, a protection tab extending from said main body portion, and a non-conductive sleeve encompassing the protection tab.

Service entrance barrier insulator

A water-resistant busway with a water drainage duct of the present invention (,) comprises a joint assembly (,) arranged between the ends of first and second busway housings (,). Joint assembly (,) includes a water-resistant cover (,) releasably attached to first and second housings (,) by cover fastening devices (,). Water-resistant cover (,) includes an access hole (,) disposed therein, with access hole (,) receiving a complementary access hole plug (,). Housing spacers (,) each include a water drainage duct (,) disposed therein to drain water from above the water barrier (,) and web (,) of upper piece (,) of housing (,) to below the water barrier and web (,) of the lower piece (,) of housing (,).

Water-resistant busway with water drainage duct

Enclosure and method of making same

Circuit breaker assembly with inhibitor assembly

A circuit breaker assembly including first and second circuit breakers each having toggle switch assemblies movable between ON and OFF positions. The toggle switch assemblies have connectors coupled thereto for preventing both circuit breakers from being in the ON position at the same time.

A saddle assembly (10) for a circuit breaker comprising a saddle base (22), at least one stab terminal (14) and two resilient tabs (50, 52) in facing alignment for releasably securing the at least one stab terminal (14) to the saddle base (22), wherein the engagement of the two resilient tabs (50, 52) with the stab terminal (14) releasably secures the at least one stab terminal (14) to the saddle base (22).

Saddle assembly for a circuit breaker

A lock-down device for use in a circuit breaker assembly. The device comprises a base for releasably securing the device to the assembly's saddle, an arm portion connected to the base, and a hand portion, connected to the arm portion, for engaging the housing of a first circuit breaker such that when the first circuit breaker and a second circuit breaker is mounted on the saddle the hand portion is intermediate the first and second circuit breakers and the first circuit breaker cannot be inadvertently removed from the saddle. In an alternative embodiment, the hand portion of the device comprises flanges for engaging and permitting the lock-down of the second circuit breaker as well.

Lock-down device for a circuit breaker assembly and assembly

A fully automated circuit breaker saddle assembly in the form of a plastic support base having modular components that define the end and central sections of the support base. The components are snappingly fitted together and are retained by means of formations on the ends of the respective components. The metal circuit breaker stab assemblies are attached to the base by connectors integrally-formed in the base.

Automated circuit breaker support saddle assembly

An adjustable frame is slidable front-to-back within slots in cross members rigidly mounted to the box of a panel board assembly, as the last step in the installation procedure, by virtue of lips which allow drawing the frame forwardly into contact with the door frame assembly after it is secured to the box. The frame has slotted holes cooperating with bolts in the cross members, which can be tightened after assembly and adjustment is completed. Panels which mount electrical protective devices or serve as filler plates are trapped in slots formed in sideward-adjustable side rails which are thereafter secured by bolts to the cross pieces.

Panel board with adjustable frame and side rails

A multi-component electric switch-circuit breaker module permits electric switches and circuit breakers to be field-installed within existing panelboard-switchboard enclosures. The module contains a pair of compartments that are accessed by separate doors. Electric switches or circuit breakers can be arranged within both compartments or an electric switch can be installed within one compartment with an electric circuit breaker installed within the other. The module is removably attached to the panelboard-switchboard interior by means of a bail handle arrangement. The module is removed from the assembly by unscrewing the bail handle and manually accessing the module. Spring-loaded connector clips allow for repeated connection with and disconnection from the systems power bus with minimum contact resistance.

Modular electric switch-circuit breaker assembly

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Forestville, CT, United States of America

David A Reid