Circuit breaker linear lever and tripping fork mechanism

A method of operating a circuit breaker, the method comprising:

• holding, via a contact surface of a tripping fork that physically contacts a first end of a linear lever when the tripping fork is in a no-trip position, the linear lever in a disengaged position when the circuit breaker is closed;
• in response to a trip occurring in the circuit breaker, shifting the tripping fork from the no-trip position to a tripped position, wherein:
• the no-trip position is in a first plane and shifting the tripping fork from the no-trip position to the tripped position comprises shifting the tripping fork relative to the first plane;
• and
• the contact surface of the tripping fork does not contact the first end of the linear lever when the tripping fork is in the tripped position;
• in response to shifting the tripping fork from the no-trip position to the tripped position, pushing, via a spring coupled to a second end of the linear lever, the linear lever in a second plane in a first direction into a trip indication position, wherein the spring is compressed when the linear lever is in the disengaged position and the spring is extended when the linear lever is in the trip indication position;
• and
• in response to the spring pushing the linear lever into the trip indication position, providing an indication of the trip to an output of the circuit breaker via trip indication componentry.