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General Electric Company

Ericson Manufacturing Company

Martin C Ignasiak

William H Calder

John E Ericson, Jr

Rebecca C Drumbor

Michael L Gordzelik

Eric F Wilson

A secondary disconnect arrangement, in the form of a plug connector attached to the sides of a high ampere-rated circuit breaker assembly, interacts with a receptacle connector attached to the inner side walls of a circuit breaker enclosure. Movement of the circuit breaker in and out of the enclosure automatically connects and disconnects the plug connector from the receptacle connector. Terminals arranged on the plug connector on one side of the circuit breaker connect with internal circuit breaker components for communication and control functions, while terminals arranged on the plug connector on the opposite side provide connection between the internal circuit breaker components and remote auxiliary devices.

High ampere-circuit breaker secondary disconnect arrangement

A water tight connector has a strain relief using a circumferential clip about a cable and held in position within a hollow tubular section of a connector housing. The clip is prevented from being removed from the connector housing by a resilient grommet, thus holding the cable from being pulled out from the connector housing; and the grommet provides both fluid sealing functions and secondary cable holding functions. The connector may be filled with a grease. The grease may have anti-bacterial characteristics. The connector may be filled with an hygroscopic material, such as an encapsulant.

Water tight grease filled connector with strain relief

A resettable circuit interrupter device includes a circuit board support, contact pairs for selectively opening or closing a circuit, one contact of a contact pair being positioned on the support, a solenoid actuator positioned on the opposite side of the support for selectively operating the contacts, and a solenoid plunger device extending from one side of the support to the other side of the support and a contact carrier mounted on the plunger and on which a movable contact is mounted, the plunger being movable to move the movable contact into engagement with the fixed contact in response to energization by the solenoid actuator.

Resettable ground fault circuit interrupter

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Sarasota, FL, United States of America

Martin C Ignasiak