Leakage Current Detection and Interruption (LCDI) Device With Ignition Containment Features

A leakage current detection and interruption (LCDI) device, for use as a safety device for a load cable, said load cable connecting a power source with a load, said load cable comprising a power line, a neutral line, a ground line, and a metal sheath which surrounds the power line and the neutral line, said LCDI device comprising a circuit card assembly including at least one Metal Oxide Varistors (MOVs) and adaptable for positioning within an external housing, the housing having a top cover, a bottom cover and a wire cover, the LCDI device comprising:

• a circuit card assembly having a top, bottom, a load input section, and a source input section, said circuit card assembly further including a circuit board, said load input section including a plurality of containment cavities formed on one end of said circuit board, at least one containment cavity including a plurality of walls to surround said load input conductors, and at least one containment cavity including a plurality of walls to surround said at least one Metal Oxide Varistors (MOVs);
• said source input section including an actuating member positioned on the opposite end of said circuit board, said actuating member including a plurality of containment cavities therein, said actuating member containment cavities including a plurality of walls, said source input section further including a plurality of conductors having a first end and a second end, said first end for engagement into a power source, said second end surrounded by said plurality of walls of said plurality of containment cavities;
• a plurality of movable contact arms, said movable contact arms having at one end, load contacts, and at the opposite end source contacts, said load contacts surrounded by said load input section containment cavity plurality of walls, said source contact surrounded by said plurality of walls of said plurality of containment cavities, said source contacts of said plurality of movable contact arms and said second end of said plurality of source input conductors adaptable for engagement and disengagement when said LCDI is operable;
• wherein said load input conductor containment cavity, said actuating member containment cavity, and said MOV input containment cavity are included as part of said circuit card assembly, said circuit card assembly adapted for fitment within said external housing.