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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Xin Zhou, Wexford, PA (US);
Joe W. Kirstein, Lexington, SC (US);
William Michael Crooks, Sumter, SC (US);
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing (e.g., a housing having a form factor of a molded case circuit breaker) and at least two phase terminals supported by the housing and configured to be connected to respective ones of at least two phase buses in an electrical panelboard. The apparatus further includes at least one fault generation device supported by the housing and including an arc containment chamber and first and second spaced-apart electrodes in the arc containment chamber and electrically coupled to respective ones of the at least two phase terminals.