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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Daniel Ray Seese, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Wayne Gerald Adamson, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A remote control circuit breaker which includes a first current path and a second current path. The circuit breaker also includes a set of separable main contacts, an operating mechanism for opening and closing the set of main contacts, a trip device in electrical communication with the main contacts, a set of separable latching contacts having an actuator in electrical communication with the trip device. The circuit breaker also includes a by-pass circuit in electrical communication with the trip device. The first current path passes through the main contacts, the trip device, and the latching contacts and the second current path passes through the main contacts, the trip device, and the by-pass circuit.