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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Craig Joseph Puhalla, Moon Township, PA (US);
Xin Zhou, Wexford, PA (US);
James Patrick Sisley, Baden, PA (US);
Lance Gula, Clinton, PA (US);
Mark A. Janusek, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 33/20 (2006.01); H01H 9/46 (2006.01); H01H 73/18 (2006.01); H01H 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 33/20 (2013.01); H01H 9/345 (2013.01); H01H 9/46 (2013.01); H01H 73/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Circuit breakers include an arc chamber and an arc chute comprising a plurality of arc plates in the arc chamber. The circuit breakers also include a line conductor assembly with at least one arc runner attached to a line conductor in the arc chamber. The arc runner can extend below but adjacent to a bottom arc plate to thereby guide a respective arc into the arc chute.