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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stefan Rakuff, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Paul Robert Gemin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ashraf Atalla, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 77/10 (2006.01); H01H 3/38 (2006.01); H01H 3/46 (2006.01); H01H 50/64 (2006.01); H01H 3/22 (2006.01); H01H 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 77/101 (2013.01); H01H 3/222 (2013.01); H01H 3/38 (2013.01); H01H 3/46 (2013.01); H01H 50/641 (2013.01); H01H 9/36 (2013.01); H01H 2235/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a circuit breaker are described where a movable bridge connector is employed as part of the conductive path when the circuit breaker is in a closed configuration. When the circuit is opened, the connector is displaced from the two fixed contacts otherwise bridged by the connector. In one such embodiment, the circuit breaker utilizes the electromagnetic forces generated in response to the opening event to break the circuit.