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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Saugata Das, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Glen Charles Sisson, Wolcott, CT (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A circuit breaker and a method of developing the current limiting circuit breaker are described. The circuit breaker includes a carrier assembly to supply current to a circuit through a fixed contact in a first operative state. The carrier assembly includes a latch pin to move responsive to a force transferred to the latch pin as a result of a fault condition in the circuit, a cam assembly in contact with the latch pin to move responsive to movement of the latch pin, and a movable contact coupled to the cam assembly, the movable contact breaking the physical contact with the fixed contact to put the circuit breaker in a second operative state. The circuit breaker also includes a mechanism to move the carrier assembly responsive to a signal indicative of the fault condition to put the circuit breaker in a third operative state.