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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Quentin Gates, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Jeffrey Scott Gibson, Hookstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/20 (2006.01); H01H 71/52 (2006.01); H01H 71/10 (2006.01); H01H 69/01 (2006.01); H01H 71/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 71/522 (2013.01); H01H 71/1027 (2013.01); H01H 69/01 (2013.01); H01H 71/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Circuit breakers with handles have common trip cams with an integrated spring and trip cam base. The integrated spring directly contacts the armature in lieu of having the trip cam base formed to do so thereby allowing the use of alternative trip cam base configurations and materials from conventional relatively expensive materials.