General Electric Company

Maddela Rajesh Babu

Janakiraman Narayanan

Yatin Vilas Newase

Soundararajan Narayanasamy

Triplicane Gopikrishnan Babu

Devendra Kumar Sharma

Tanmay Pralhad Tamboli

A contact system of a circuit breaker includes a fixed contact. The contact system also includes a moveable contact arm assembly comprising at least one moveable contact arm having a moveable contact thereon, the moveable contact arm moveable to define a closed condition and a blow open condition. The contact system further includes a carrier assembly operatively coupled to the moveable contact arm. The contact system yet further includes a latch plate operatively coupled to the carrier assembly. The contact system also includes a trip shaft operatively coupled to the carrier assembly, the trip shaft having a non-circular region defining an engagement surface disposed in contact with the latch plate in the closed condition. The contact system further includes a biasing portion of the moveable contact arm configured to rotate the trip shaft out of engagement with the latch plate and into the blow open condition.

Moveable contact arm releases latch plate engagement in a circuit breaker

A cover assembly for a circuit breaker includes a cover, the cover including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to at least partially cover a current sensing element within the circuit breaker, and has an interior surface and a cover opening. The second portion extends from the interior surface of the first portion, and has a terminal pocket opening aligned with the cover opening. The cover is configured to receive a load terminal through the terminal pocket opening and cover opening.

Cover assembly for circuit breaker, circuit breaker having the same, and method

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Maddela Rajesh Babu