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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Dennis William Fleege, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
A trip assembly for a circuit breaker includes a trip lever and a trip actuator. The trip lever causes electrical contacts, which are in a closed position, to disengage from each other into an open position and interrupt current flow to a circuit, when tripped by the trip actuator due to an overcurrent condition. The trip actuator includes a bimetallic member, a yoke and an armature with an opening in which an end of the trip lever is latched in the closed position. The yoke includes a tab adjacent to the opening. When the trip lever is latched in the opening, the end of the trip lever includes first, second and third surfaces that contact a front surface of the armature, an interior surface of the armature defining the opening, and the tab of the yoke, respectively, to provide a consistent magnetic gap between the back side of the armature and the yoke.
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