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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:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
May. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wade A Montague, Southington, CT (US);
John H Whiton, S. Windsor, CT (US);
Marshall B Hart, Middletown, CT (US);
Roger J Morgan, Simsbury, CT (US);
David Arnold, Chester, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
335 35 ; 335172 ; 335 23 ;
Abstract
A magnetic flux concentrator trip unit for molded case circuit breakers in the form of a flux concentrator magnet arranged round the load strap at one end of the circuit breaker is positioned in magnetic proximity to an armature. Current transport through the load strap generates attractive magnetic forces to articulate the circuit breaker operating mechanism when the current exceeds a threshold value.