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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Murray K Jones, Johnsonville, SC (US);
Terry A Jernigan, Florence, SC (US);
Assignee:
ABB Power T&D Company Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 5021 ; 200 5026 ; 361607 ;
Abstract
An automotive secondary disconnect mechanism for a removable circuit device is disclosed. According to a preferred embodiment, the disconnect mechanism comprises a guide bar, a slide block mounted on the guide bar and means for locking the slide block in place on the guide bar, for releasing the slide block from its locked position, for enabling the slide block to move relative to the guide bar, for latching the removable element to the slide block, and for preventing the removable element from engaging the slide block all as the removable element is moved among first, second and third positions.