Protective device having a thin construction

An electrical wiring device comprising:

• a housing including a front cover having a front major surface and a back body having a back major surface substantially parallel to the front major surface, a plurality of line terminals, a plurality of feed-through load terminals and a plurality of receptacle load terminals at least partially disposed inside the housing, wherein each of the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of feed-through load terminals and the plurality of receptacle load terminals is electrically connected to a contact structure or to a fixed contact structure comprising a conductive member having at least one contact positioned thereon, wherein in response to a make-force each contact structure is configured to perform a first movement to electrically connect each of the contacts on each contact structure to one of the contacts on a different one of the fixed contact structures in the reset state, thereby electrically connecting the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of feed-through load terminals and the plurality of receptacle load terminals in the reset state;
• a circuit interrupting assembly including at least one breaking element at least partially disposed inside the housing and being configured to perform a first linear movement in a first direction, wherein the first linear movement is normal to the front major surface, and the first direction is from the front major surface to the back major surface, in response to a break-force in order to cause each contact structure to perform a second movement in a direction opposite the first movement to decouple each of the contacts on each contact structure from one of the contacts on a different one of the fixed contact structures thereby decoupling the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of feed-through load terminals and the plurality of receptacle load terminals disconnect from each other to effect a tripped state from the reset state;
• a protective electrical assembly substantially disposed inside the housing, the protective electrical assembly including a sensor assembly coupled between the plurality of line terminals and a fault detection circuit, the fault detection circuit being coupled to a solenoid assembly configured to provide a tripping stimulus, the solenoid assembly including a bobbin winding and armature, and the sensor assembly including at least one toroid;
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• a latch configured to restrain the circuit interrupting assembly in a reset state and to disengage the circuit interrupting assembly in a tripped state, the latch positioned to impart an angular force on a reset pin.