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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2007
Jeganathan Srinivasan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, West Bengal, IN;
Raghunath Prabhu, Karnataka, IN;
Sirosh Sivasankaran, Karnataka, IN;
Kalyana Sundaram, Bangalore, IN;
Jeganathan Srinivasan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, West Bengal, IN;
Raghunath Prabhu, Karnataka, IN;
Sirosh Sivasankaran, Karnataka, IN;
Kalyana Sundaram, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for sensing the position of a contact carrier of a contact includes a housing, a sensor supported by the housing and a latch that is movable by the contact carrier. The latch has a latch member located in proximity to the sensor and that is generally non-reflective. The sensor is configured to sense a presence or an absence of the latch member at one particular location depending upon the position of the contact carrier. A method of sensing position of a contact carrier of a contact module is also presented.