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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Tejal Navin Dudhwala, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Jeffrey Scott Gibson, Aliquippa, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A circuit breaker that is capable of detecting ground faults as well as arc faults includes a at least a first current transformer, a line conductor extending through the current transformers, a circuit board, and a pair of sensing leads extending between the line conductor and the circuit board. In a first embodiment the line conductor is a relatively rigid line bus bar, and in a second embodiment the line conductor is a relatively flexible line shunt. The circuit board is disposed adjacent a first side of a separating wall within the circuit breaker, and the line conductor extends along the first side such that the sensing leads that extend between the line conductor and the circuit board do not pass through a plane defined by the separating wall. The circuit breaker includes a bimetal strip that is free of sensing leads that extend between the bimetal strip and the circuit board.