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Patent No.:

US 7098416 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2005

Reverse-action auxiliary switch actuator mechanism and circuit breaker employing the same

Applicants:

Craig J. Puhalla, Moon Township, PA (US);

David C. Turner, Imperial, PA (US);

Raymond P. Gundy, Ii, Indiana, PA (US);

Percy J. Lipsey, Ii, Coraopolis, PA (US);

Jorge E. Tongo, H. Matamoros, MX;

Inventors:

Craig J. Puhalla, Moon Township, PA (US);

David C. Turner, Imperial, PA (US);

Raymond P. Gundy, II, Indiana, PA (US);

Percy J. Lipsey, II, Coraopolis, PA (US);

Jorge E. Tongo, H. Matamoros, MX;

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:

Martin J. Moran

Primary Examiner:

Richard K Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An auxiliary switch actuating mechanism is for a circuit breaker including a housing, separable contacts, an operating mechanism with an operating handle interconnected to the separable contacts by a linkage assembly, and an auxiliary switch having a contact member. The auxiliary switch actuating mechanism includes an actuating lever with first and second ends and a pivot portion engaging the housing proximate the auxiliary switch. A torsion spring biases the actuating lever towards engaging and actuating the contact member of the auxiliary switch. The contact member is actuated when the separable contacts are not tripped open and the linkage assembly is not collapsed. When the circuit breaker trips, the linkage assembly collapses, engaging and pivoting the actuating lever, in order to overcome the bias and disengage and deactivate the contact member.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Puhalla, Craig. (2006). Reverse-action auxiliary switch actuator mechanism and circuit breaker employing the same (U.S. Patent No. 7098416). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7098416

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