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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Erik R. Bogdon, Carnegie, PA (US);
Thomas A. Whitaker, N. Huntingdon, PA (US);
James M. Smeltzer, Salem, OH (US);
Robert S. Estok, Moon Township, PA (US);
Erik R. Bogdon, Carnegie, PA (US);
Thomas A. Whitaker, N. Huntingdon, PA (US);
James M. Smeltzer, Salem, OH (US);
Robert S. Estok, Moon Township, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An accessory assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing. The accessory assembly includes at least one accessory and a mounting member structured to mount such accessory within the housing of the circuit breaker. The mounting member includes at least one mounting portion. Such mounting portion receives and secures a corresponding one of the at least one accessory, without a number of separate fasteners. The corresponding accessory is removable from such mounting portion, without a number of separate tools. The at least one mounting portion may be a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, and the at least one accessory may be a plurality of primary accessories coupled to the first mounting portion, and a number of secondary accessories coupled to the second mounting portion.