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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Brian John Schaltenbrand, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mark Anthony Janusek, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert William Mueller, Aliquippa, PA (US);
James Michael Smeltzer, Salem, OH (US);
William Michael Randal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/32 (2006.01); H01H 73/18 (2006.01); H01H 33/70 (2006.01); H01H 1/22 (2006.01); H01H 9/30 (2006.01); H01H 50/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 33/7069 (2013.01); H01H 9/32 (2013.01); H01H 73/18 (2013.01); H01H 1/226 (2013.01); H01H 2009/305 (2013.01); H01H 2050/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A moving seal for an air circuit breaker provides an arc creepage surface that is positioned between a pair of separable contact assemblies when the moving seal is fit into an inlet of the arc chamber. The arc creepage surface has a surface contour that increases a length of an arc travel path between the separable contact assemblies, relative to a straight line distance between of separable contact assemblies.