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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jay Nicholson Haugen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James Gerard Maloney, Industry, PA (US);
Assignee:
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 75/00 (2006.01); H01H 77/00 (2006.01); H01H 3/38 (2006.01); H01H 3/28 (2006.01); H01H 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/38 (2013.01); H01H 3/28 (2013.01); H01H 9/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved interruption apparatus includes a plurality of poles, with each of the poles including an actuator. In one embodiment, the actuator can be a fuse having a movable engagement element, and in another embodiment the actuator can be an electric coil that is operable to move a movable engagement element. The interruption apparatus has a single trip unit, and the engagement element of any actuator can actuate the trip unit to move all of the poles from a CLOSED state to an OPEN state.