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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Palatine, IL (US);
Gerardo Rodriguez Najera, Nuevo Leon, MX;
Daniel Reynoso Ortiz, Nuevo Leon, MX;
Juan Ignacio Melecio Ramirez, Celaya, MX;
Efrain Gutierrez Villanueva, Ciudad Guadalupe, MX;
Vicente Noguez Salazar, San Nicolas de los Garza, MX;
Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
A circuit breaker includes a trip mechanism having reduced trip movement and an integrated signal flag. The trip mechanism includes a spring-biased trip lever and a latching member for keeping the trip lever in an on or latched position. Upon occurrence of an abnormal current condition, the latching member is moved away from the trip lever to trip the trip mechanism. The latching member also has a catch mechanism designed to catch the trip lever after it is released, thereby halting further progress of both the trip lever and the latching member. As a result, less space is needed within the circuit breaker for trip movement compared to existing solutions. Moreover, the location of the catch mechanism on the latching member is selected such that the halting of the latching member places the integrated signal flag in an optimal viewing position within a viewing window.