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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas O. Fanta, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Robert H. Ward, Jr., Mundelein, IL (US);
Assignee:
S&C Electric Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/40 ;
Abstract
A compact operating mechanism for switches and circuit interrupters provides improved input drive arrangement and more particularly to a quick-make quick-break operating mechanism for electrical circuit interrupters, i.e. load-interrupter switches and fault interrupters, the drive input arrangement being capable of either power or manual operation without the necessity of any coupling/decoupling or mode selection.