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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
David Adelbert Rhein, Saint Jacob, IL (US);
Nathan Scot Loucks, Highland, IL (US);
Hubbell Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
An electrical switch including a jaw assembly, a housing and a blade assembly. The jaw assembly is electrically connected to a first electrical conductor. The housing assembly is electrically connected to a second electrical conductor. The blade assembly is fixedly attached to said housing assembly at a first end thereof and having an electrically conductive blade contact fixedly attached to a second end distal from said first end. The housing assembly and said blade assembly pivot about a first axis to drive said blade contact into said jaw assembly to close said switch. The blade assembly is operable to rotate about a second axis perpendicular to said first axis only when said distal end of said blade assembly is seated in said jaw assembly.