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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Canastota, NY (US);
Syed J. Jamal, Rochester, NY (US);
Clayton Roberts, Tully, NY (US);
Richard Rohmer, Memphis, NY (US);
Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
A protective electrical wiring device including: a plurality of line terminals including a first line terminal and a second line terminal; a plurality of load terminals including a first load terminal and a second load terminal, wherein the plurality of line terminals and the plurality of load terminals are configured to be coupled to an AC electrical distribution system; a pair of contacts including a first contact and a second contact; and a latch block being configured to move between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the latch block permits the first line terminal and the first load terminal to be in contact with the first contact and the second line terminal and second load terminal to be in contact with the second contact, wherein, when moving from the first position to the second position, the latch block advances at least one of the first line terminal and the first load terminal away from the first contact and at least one of the second line terminal and the second load terminal away from the second contact.