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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Raymond Lee Jurek, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Curtis Turner, Imperial, PA (US);
Jack Edward Devine, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bradley Patrick Rizzo, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Brian Scott Jansto, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An operating mechanism including a number of biasing elements and a number of linkage members is provided. The linkage members are operatively coupled to each other and each are movable between a second configuration, an initial tripped configuration, a rebound configuration, and a final tripped configuration. The biasing elements are operatively coupled to the number of linkage members and bias the number of linkage members to the final, first configuration. A stop member is coupled to one of the linkage members. The stop member moves with the associated linkage member. The stop member is positioned to contact a stop surface when the linkage members are in the rebound configuration. Contact between the stop member and the stop surface substantially arrests the motion of the linkage members.