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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2007
Steven Z. Chen, Moon Township, PA (US);
James J. Benke, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alan K. Edmunds, Bellevue, PA (US);
Daniel E. Palmieri, Aliquippa, PA (US);
Paul T. Bottegal, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Steven Z. Chen, Moon Township, PA (US);
James J. Benke, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Alan K. Edmunds, Bellevue, PA (US);
Daniel E. Palmieri, Aliquippa, PA (US);
Paul T. Bottegal, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A stored energy assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The stored energy assembly includes a mount removably coupled to the circuit breaker housing. A stored energy mechanism, such as a spring, is coupled to the mount and is movable among charged and discharged positions. An actuating element is cooperable with the gears of a gear assembly in order to move among first and second positions corresponding to the spring being disposed in the charged and discharged positions, respectively. A manual charging mechanism and an automatic charging mechanism are coupled to the gear assembly, and move the gears, in order to move the actuating element and charge the spring. The spring, the actuating element, the gear assembly, and the charging mechanisms are coupled to the mount, thereby forming a sub-assembly. The sub-assembly is removeably coupled to the circuit breaker housing.