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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1995
Mark E Innes, Asheville, NC (US);
Nelson R Palmer, Arden, NC (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An electrical switching device such as a motor starter is adapted to be controlled through control signals in control wiring and includes separable contacts; an operating mechanism for opening and closing the separable contacts; first terminals for interfacing the control signals to the operating mechanism; a modular surge suppressor circuit for suppressing a surge associated with the control signals, with the modular surge suppressor circuit including second terminals for engaging the first terminals and interfacing the control signals thereto; and a modular terminal block for interfacing the control signals in the control wiring to the modular surge suppressor circuit.