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US 11,764,550 B2Granted
Circuit breaker with plug-on connector and mounting protrusion
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsAndrew Matthew Candelora, Nagesh Venkata Tumu, Timothy Thomas, Jason Edward Harmon
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Abstract
A circuit breaker 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 includes an electrical clip with a curved inner surface that contacts a curved outer surface of an electrical connector on the electrical panel. The circuit breaker includes a protrusion that prevents the circuit breaker from being installed in electrical panels without an electrical connector for the electrical clip to engage.
Claims20
A circuit breaker, comprising:
- an electrical switch adapted to open an electrical circuit when an electrical anomaly occurs in the electrical circuit;
- a housing enclosing the electrical switch;
- a switch lever adapted to manually engage and disengage the electrical switch;
- a first electrical clip adapted to electrically contact a neutral bus in an electrical panel;
- a second electrical clip adapted to electrically contact an electrical supply bus in the electrical panel;
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- a protrusion extending outward from the housing, the protrusion adapted to be inserted into a mating slot in the electrical panel when the first electrical clip is connected to the neutral bus and the second electrical clip is connected to the electrical supply bus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.