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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Bangalore, IN;
Janakiraman Narayanan, Hosur, IN;
ShachiDevi Tumkur Krishnamurthy, Bangalore, IN;
Patrick Letient, Saint-Quentin, FR;
Chandrakumar Shantaraju, Bangalore, IN;
Chandrappa Namitha, Bangalore, IN;
Tirumani Govinda setty. Phaneendra, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A plug-in contact system for a plug-in type circuit breaker is disclosed. The movable contacts are easily engaged within the circuit breaker by the design of the contact support which includes a guiding protrusion, thus lowering the necessary insertion force. The stationary contacts provided on a fixed base, to which the circuit breaker may be plugged in, may be provided with modular contact supports. In addition, a shutter arrangement provides protection to the stationary contacts when a plug-in breaker is withdrawn from the fixed base.