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US 11,538,648 B2Granted
Circuit breaker with plug-on connector
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsAndrew Candelora, Timothy Louis Thomas, Jason Edward Harmon, Nagesh Venkata Tumu, Brad Parlee, Cecil Rivers
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Abstract
A circuit breaker is provided that may be plugged onto an electrical panel. The circuit breaker is preferably a low voltage circuit breaker in the range of 120-240 volts. The circuit breaker has an electrical clip with a curved inner surface that contacts a curved outer surface of an electrical connector on the electrical panel.
Claims20
A circuit breaker, comprising:
- an electrical switch adapted to open an electrical circuit when an electrical anomaly occurs in the electrical circuit;
- a switch lever adapted to manually engage and disengage the electrical switch;
- a first electrical clip comprising:
- a first elastic arm with a first curved inner surface adapted to contact a first curved outer surface of an electrical connector, the first electrical clip being electrically connected to the electrical switch to permit detection of the electrical anomaly, and
- a second elastic arm with a second curved inner surface adapted to contact a second curved outer surface of the electrical connector, and the first and second curved inner surfaces facing each other to wrap around a portion of the electrical connector;
- and
- wherein the first and second curved inner surfaces form an opening therebetween to insert the electrical connector therethrough;
- wherein the opening is angled within a range between 60° and 90° with respect to a vertical axis through the circuit breaker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.