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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
James A. Marple, Newtown, CT (US);
Aaron Soucy, Spring Valley, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved rating plug housing is presented for use with circuit breakers having electronic trip units. The housing ( ) for the rating plug has a series of protruding tabs ( ) on the bottom of the housing ( ). A trip unit housing ( ) forms part of a circuit breaker housing. Trip unit housing ( ) includes a recess ( ) for receiving the trip unit housing ( ). Recess ( ) has a series of castellations ( ) on the bottom of the recess ( ). If a rating plug is appropriate for a given trip unit, the pattern of tabs ( ) and castellations ( ) will not interfere, and insertion will be permitted. If a rating plug is not appropriate for a given trip unit, the pattern of tabs ( ) and castellations ( ) will interfere, and insertion will not be permitted. Tabs ( ) or projections ( ) may be removed from housing ( ) or recess ( ) using a hand-held tool.