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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Benjamin W. Edwards, Andover, MA (US);
Ezequiel Salas Zamarripa, Andover, MA (US);
Tannan Whidden Winter, Andover, MA (US);
Jodi Marie Palmer, Andover, MA (US);
Gerardo Torres Guzman, Andover, MA (US);
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A visual trip indicator for a circuit breaker is disclosed. The electronic components of a visual trip indicator are enclosed in a module that attaches to the circuit breaker handle or within pocket defined in the circuit breaker housing. The visual trip indicator includes a light source operated by a state machine which clearly indicates which circuit breaker, of a group of circuit breakers or in a poorly illuminated enclosure, is tripped. The visual trip indicator also indicating, by a coded light signal, the approximate remaining life of an independent power supply powering the visual trip indicator.