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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Kenneth Martin Fischer, Finleyville, PA (US);
Mark Owen Zindler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A circuit breaker having a magnetic trip assembly includes a load terminal conductor having a first section, a second section, and a transition section connecting the first section and the second section, the transition section having a pair of faces lying in a plane generally perpendicular to a surface of the second section; a current transformer positioned around the second section of the load terminal conductor, the current transformer having a first side positioned generally parallel to the faces of transition section; and an insulating barrier positioned between the first side of the current transformer and the faces of the transition section of the load terminal conductor, the insulating barrier having a generally planar portion and a pair of leg portions extending from one edge of the generally planar portion, each leg portion lying along a side of the second section of the load terminal conductor and having a protrusion positioned adjacent a distal end thereof, each of said protrusions being positioned adjacent a bottom edge of the second section of the load terminal conductor. Insulating barriers for use in such circuit breakers are also included.