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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. 20, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond K Seymour, Plainville, CT (US);
Michael C Guerrette, Bristol, CT (US);
James L Rosen, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200308 ; 335202 ;
Abstract
A circuit breaker contact position indicator is mounted on the same support platform as the circuit breaker electronic trip unit and contains a micro-switch to provide indication to the trip unit of the status of the circuit breaker contacts. The switch interacts with the circuit breaker operating mechanism crossbar cam by means of a spring-loaded paddle attached to the trip unit support platform.