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US 2016/0042882 A1Published application
Circuit breakers with secondary displacement springs
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorNathan James Weister
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Abstract
Circuit breakers with a first bus energizing spring held in the housing that electrically connects the circuit board to an external electrical connection. The bus primary energizing spring is configured to deflect toward the circuit board with a first linear displacement. The circuit breakers also include a second bus energizing spring held in the housing that is configured to deflect toward the circuit board with a second linear displacement that supplements the first linear displacement.
Claims20
A circuit breaker, comprising:
- a housing;
- a circuit board in the housing;
- a first bus energizing spring held in the housing that electrically connects the circuit board to an external electrical connection, the first bus energizing spring is configured to deflect toward the circuit board with a first linear displacement;
- and
- a second bus energizing spring held in the housing in cooperating alignment with the first bus energizing spring and is configured to deflect toward the circuit board with a second linear displacement to thereby provide a linear displacement capability as a summation of the first and second linear displacements.
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A device with a circuit, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first housing member attached to a second housing member;
- a circuit board in the housing;
- a first energizing spring held in the housing that electrically connects the circuit board to an external electrical connection, the first energizing spring is configured to deflect toward the circuit board, wherein the first energizing spring has an elongate segment and an arm that resides adjacent and spaced apart from the elongate segment, wherein the elongate segment has a first planar segment that merges into a second planar segment, the second planar segment residing against the circuit board;
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- a second energizing spring held in the housing, wherein the second energizing spring extends above the first planar segment in an unloaded configuration and is substantially flat and coplanar with the first planar segment in a fully compressed configuration.
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An energizing spring for a device with a circuit, comprising:
- a first conductive energizing spring comprising an elongate segment and an arm, wherein the elongate segment and the arm reside adjacent and spaced apart from each other, wherein the elongate segment has an upper planar segment that merges into a lower planar segment;
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- a second conductive energizing spring that contacts the planar upper surface of or that is formed in the planar upper surface that is configured to deflect downward to a substantially flat configuration upon full compression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.