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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
CaiYing Ding, ShenZhen, CN;
Chao Yang, ShenZhen, CN;
Li Yu, Shanghai, CN;
Wilbert Arthur Henrik deVries, Suzhou, CN;
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Circuit breakers that include and/or a trip latch assembly that is configured to maintain open and closed energy status of the breaker. The trip latch assembly can include: a first stop cam held on a cam shaft; a second stop cam held on the cam shaft axially spaced apart from the first stop cam; a drive cam held on the cam shaft; a trip-open latch held on a trip latch shaft, (typically above) in cooperating alignment with the first stop cam; a trip-close latch held on the trip latch shaft above and in cooperating alignment with the second stop cam; a follower residing below and in communication with the drive cam; and a linkage attached to the follower and to a main shaft to open and close the breaker responsive to the position of the drive cam.