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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey Scott Gibson, Aliquippa, PA (US);
Jeffrey Wayne Lockhart, Fombell, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Erb, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 8/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 8/306 ;
Abstract
A miniature circuit breaker has an arc fault detector and a ground fault detector each with its own test circuit. Test switches for the two test circuits are mounted on a printed circuit board and share a common test contact formed by a flat U-shaped leaf spring. The common test contact is deflected into engagement with another test contact for one or the other of the two test switches by a remotely mounted common test button through a common test actuating member which is moved generally rectilinearly by rocking the common test button.