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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Anthony Thomas Ricciuti, Bethel Park, PA (US);
Thomas Kenneth Fogle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Joseph Philip Fello, Verona, PA (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A wiretap connection assembly is for a circuit protection system. The circuit protection system includes at least one wire conductor and at least one circuit interrupter. The circuit interrupter includes a line conductor and a load conductor. The wire conductor has an electrically conductive inner core and an electrically insulating outer covering. The wiretap connection assembly includes a wire severing assembly structured to sever the wire conductor, and a number of wiretap assemblies. Each wiretap assembly includes a tapping portion and a connecting portion. The tapping portion is structured to pierce through the electrically insulating outer covering of a corresponding portion of the wire conductor and into the electrically conductive inner core. The connecting portion is structured to electrically connect the electrically conductive inner core of the corresponding portion of the wire conductor to a corresponding one of the line conductor and the load conductor.