Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Pieter Agnar Paulson

Rhonda Lynn Wilson

Randall Brant Elliott

John B Engel

Richard Alan Leinen

An apparatus including an electrical switching device to control current to a load and a second case arranged to substantially encapsulate the electrical switching device. The electrical switching device includes a first case; a plurality of contacts disposed in the first case; and an opening in the first case disposed to expose the contacts. The second case is arranged to duct a blast from the opening of the first case of the electrical switching device.

Electrical switching component

An electrical component may include a vent located in a mounting portion of a case to vent a blast from within the case. A chassis may have a mounting site for an electrical component, wherein the mounting site includes a passage to receive a blast from the electrical component. A system may include a chassis having a mounting site to engage a mounting portion of a case for an electrical component, wherein the mounting portion of the case includes a vent, and the chassis forms at least a portion of a blast chamber to receive a blast from the vent.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Pieter Agnar Paulson