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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lance Gula, Independence Township, PA (US);
Joseph F Changle, Scott Township, PA (US);
Jere L McKee, New Swickley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
335 16 ; 335147 ; 218 22 ;
Abstract
A circuit breaker has an electrically conductive blow open latch which forms part of the power circuit so that only short flexible shunts are needed between the latch and trip mechanism. Load current can be conducted from the contact arm to the electrically conductive latch solely through the interface between the latch and the blow open camming surface on the contact arm, and/or through additional short flexible shunts between the latch and the contact arm, preferably adjacent the pivot of the contact arm.