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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Irving A. Gibbs, Mills River, NC (US);
Justin Hoglund, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Cathleen Clausen, Arden, NC (US);
Mark Steven Tomassi, Waynesville, NC (US);
Jonathan Scott Adams, Asheville, NC (US);
Irving A. Gibbs, Mills River, NC (US);
Justin Hoglund, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Cathleen Clausen, Arden, NC (US);
Mark Steven Tomassi, Waynesville, NC (US);
Jonathan Scott Adams, Asheville, NC (US);
Eaton Corporation, Clevaland, OH (US);
Abstract
An interlock assembly for a bypass isolation open or closed transition ATS assembly is disclosed. The interlock assembly ensures that a switch assembly being worked upon and/or being inserted is in a neutral configuration, i.e. the switch assembly is not engaging a power source. The interlock assembly is, preferably, an electrical interlock having a control system structured to configure the switch assemblies and to monitor the configuration of the switch assemblies. That is, the switch assemblies each include a power operated, conductive, movable contact arm. The position of each contact arm is controlled, and monitored by, the control system which controls the single actuator for each contact arm.