Eaton Corporation

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Garry B Theadore

Michael Jerome Whipple

Joseph Philip Fello

Vincent Ferri

Todd Matthew Lathrop

Melvin A Carrodus

Wayne Gerald Adamson

Umesh C Patel

Robert D Bradley

William Rivera

Todd M Lathrop

A power system is for a facility. The power system includes a load panel powered from a split phase electrical distribution configuration having a first line, a second line and a neutral. A two-pole circuit interrupter in the load panel receives power from the first line, the second line and the neutral, and protects an unbalanced load. The two-pole circuit interrupter is structured to trip open or open responsive to an input. A circuit in the load panel is structured to determine that the neutral is broken or missing and responsively output to the input to cause the two-pole circuit interrupter to trip open or open.

Power system including a load panel protecting a facility from a broken or missing neutral of a split phase electrical distribution configuration

A reverse fed single pole miniature ground fault circuit breaker includes a housing, a line termination on the lower portion of the housing, and a load termination on the upper portion of the housing. Separable contacts are disposed between the line termination and the load termination. A handle and operating mechanism form a manual mechanism for manually operating the separable contacts. The handle has an upper position in which the separable contacts are closed and a lower position in which the separable contacts are open. A ground fault circuit interruption trip circuit opens the separable contacts in response to predetermined ground fault current conditions and is powered through those separable contacts. In this manner, when a power source is electrically interconnected with the line termination on the lower portion of the housing, when the handle is in the upper position, and when there is none of the predetermined ground fault current conditions, the ground fault circuit interruption trip circuit receives power through the separable contacts.

Ground fault circuit breaker

A miniature circuit breaker with two thermal-magnetic poles has an electronic trip device providing ground fault, and sputtering arc fault (if desired), protection located entirely in a large central compartment of a molded housing between compartments housing the two mechanical poles. The molded housing is assembled from a top base and top cover forming a compartment for the thermal-magnetic trip device of the first pole, and a bottom cover and a bottom base forming the compartment for the second mechanical pole. A hollow center piece mates with the top and bottom bases to form the single, large electronics compartment.

Two-pole compartmentalized ground fault miniature circuit breaker with a

A ground fault circuit breaker in which both the fixed and movable contacts of the ground fault test switch are directly secured to the printed circuit board on which the ground fault detection circuit is implemented, with the movable contact also providing the spring bias for the test button.

Ground fault circuit breaker with test spring/contacts directly mounted

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Garry B Theadore