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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2000
Kazumoto Konda, Nagoya, JP;
Other;
Abstract
In a circuit breaker, fixed electrodes in pair are secured in a male housing A female housing which contains a moving electrode is fitted into the male housing whereupon the moving electrode contacts and straddles the fixed electrodes to make a short circuit. The moving electrode comprises in integral combination retainer pieces that are retained in an electrode retainer tube in the female housing a contact lug that either contacts or detaches from the fixed electrodes and a narrow-width joint that joints the retainer pieces and the contact lug to make an integral unit. The narrow-width joint flexes to deform, thereby absorbing the positional offset that develops when the contact lug comes into engagement with the fixed electrodes