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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
James Gerard Maloney, Industry, PA (US);
Luis Enrique Betances Sansur, Santo Domingo, DO;
James Gerard Maloney, Industry, PA (US);
Luis Enrique Betances Sansur, Santo Domingo, DO;
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A shunt separator is provided for an electrical switching apparatus including a housing, separable contacts enclosed within the housing, an operating assembly including a trip bar, and a trip assembly. The trip assembly cooperates with the trip bar to trip open the separable contacts in response to a fault condition. The trip assembly includes a number of shunts. The shunt separator includes a molded projection, which extends outwardly from the housing of the electrical switching apparatus. The molded projection at least partially surrounds a portion of the trip bar, thereby separating the number of shunts from the trip bar.