The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Richard Weeks, Little York, NY (US);
Kent R. Morgan, Groton, NY (US);
Jeffrey C. Richards, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
David A. Finlay, Sr., Marietta, NY (US);
Patrick J. Murphy, Marcellus, NY (US);
Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Canastota, NY (US);
Richard Weeks, Little York, NY (US);
Kent R. Morgan, Groton, NY (US);
Jeffrey C. Richards, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
David A. Finlay, Sr., Marietta, NY (US);
Patrick J. Murphy, Marcellus, NY (US);
Gerald R. Savicki, Jr., Canastota, NY (US);
Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a protective electrical wiring device that includes a circuit assembly that has a fault detection circuit coupled to the plurality of line terminals, the fault detection circuit being configured to detect perturbations corresponding to a fault condition or a simulated fault condition, the fault detection circuit being configured to provide a fault detection signal in response to detecting the perturbations corresponding to the fault condition or the simulated fault condition. An interrupting contact assembly is coupled to the fault detection circuit, the interrupting contact assembly including a contact assembly configured to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of feed-through load terminals, and the plurality of receptacle load terminals in a reset state, and interrupt the electrical continuity in a tripped state in response to the fault detection signal.