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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2004
David A. Finlay, Sr., Marietta, NY (US);
Kent Morgan, Groton, NY (US);
Patrick J. Murphy, Marcellus, NY (US);
Dejan Radosavljevic, Syracuse, NY (US);
Jeffrey C. Richards, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Canastota, NY (US);
Richard Weeks, Little York, NY (US);
Gary Wilson, Syracuse, NY (US);
David A. Finlay, Sr., Marietta, NY (US);
Kent Morgan, Groton, NY (US);
Patrick J. Murphy, Marcellus, NY (US);
Dejan Radosavljevic, Syracuse, NY (US);
Jeffrey C. Richards, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Canastota, NY (US);
Richard Weeks, Little York, NY (US);
Gary Wilson, Syracuse, NY (US);
Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring protection device that includes a housing assembly having at least one receptacle. The receptacle is configured to receive plug contact blades inserted therein. The housing assembly includes a hot line terminal, a neutral line terminal, a hot load terminal, and a neutral load terminal. A set of receptacle contacts is disposed in the housing assembly and in communication with the receptacle. The receptacle contacts includes a hot user-accessible load contact and a neutral user accessible load contact. A fault detection circuit is coupled to the test assembly. The fault detection circuit is configured to detect at least one fault condition and provide a fault detect signal in response thereto. A four-pole interrupting contact assembly is coupled to the fault detection circuit and includes a set of four-pole interrupting contacts. A reset mechanism is coupled to the four-pole interrupting contact assembly. The reset mechanism includes a reset button and a reset actuator configured to reestablish electrical continuity between the first pair of hot contacts, the second pair of hot contacts, the first pair of neutral contacts, and the second pair of neutral contacts in response to a reset stimulus.