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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1994
Nelson R Palmer, Arden, NC (US);
David N Freck, Fairview, NC (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An arc grid plate for an arc box of a contactor includes a conductive plate having two sides, a rear edge, and a front arc edge. The sides are slidable within a pair of grooves of the side walls of the arc box. The rear edge of the conductive plate has two arms which are rearwardly disposed therefrom. Each of the arms has a pointed end for gripping an associated one of the side walls. The pointed ends are generally disengaged from the associated side walls during insertion of the conductive plate into the arc box. The arms are engaged by the rear wall of the arc box and flex forwardly toward the rear edge of the conductive plate in order that the pointed ends of the arms engage the associated side walls and retain the conductive plate within the grooves of the arc box.