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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:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard M Rohmer, Jordan, NY (US);
Eric C Johnson, Mountain Top, PA (US);
Assignee:
Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 5028 ;
Abstract
A housing and interlock mechanism for a high current electrical switch, wherein the interlock mechanism precludes disruption of the circuit when the circuit is energized or under load. The interlock mechanism includes a lever arm for rotating a transfer gear to slidably desplace an elongated drive bar for simultaneously rotating an actuation gear for actuating the switch and an interlock gear for selectively engaging the plug.