Circuit breaker to switch between two energy sources
OwnerFrank J. Sontaginventor
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Abstract
A device and method for switching between a first power source and a second power source. The device includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal that connect to the first power source, a load, and the second power source respectively. A first switch and a breaker circuitry connect the first terminal to the second terminal. A second switch interrupts an electrical connection between the third terminal and the second terminal. A lever operably coupled to the first switch and the second switch, the lever can be actuated by the first switch to flip the second switch between the open state and the closed state.
Claims12
A device for switching between a first power source and a second power source, the device comprising:
- a first switch configured to be flipped between an ON state, an Off state, and a neutral state;
- a first terminal configured to electrically connect to the first power source;
- a second terminal configured to electrically connect to a load;
- a third terminal configured to electrically connect to the second power source;
- a breaker circuitry configured to electrically connect the first terminal to the second terminal, wherein the breaker circuitry is configured to flip the first switch from the ON state to the neutral state upon detecting a fault in a power supply of the load, wherein the first terminal is electrically connected to the second terminal only when the first switch is in the ON state;
- a second switch configured to flip between an open state and a closed state, the second switch interrupts an electrical connection between the third terminal and the second terminal, wherein current flows between the third terminal and the second terminal when the second switch is the closed state, wherein current does not flows between the third terminal and the second terminal when the second switch is the open state;
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- a lever operably coupled to the first switch and the second switch, the lever configured to be actuated by the first switch, wherein the lever upon actuation is configured to flip the second switch between the open state and the closed state.
A method for switching between a first power source and a second power source, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a device comprising:
- a first switch configured to be flipped between an ON state, an Off state, and a neutral state,
- a first terminal configured to electrically connect to the first power source,
- a second terminal configured to electrically connect to a load,
- a third terminal configured to electrically connect to the second power source,
- a breaker circuitry configured to electrically connect the first terminal to the second terminal, wherein the breaker circuitry is configured to flip the first switch from the ON state to the neutral state upon detecting a fault in a power supply of the load, wherein the first terminal is electrically connected to the second terminal only when the first switch is in the ON state,
- a second switch configured to flip between an open state and a closed state, the second switch interrupts an electrical connection between the third terminal and the second terminal, wherein current flows between the third terminal and the second terminal when the second switch is the closed state, wherein current does not flows between the third terminal and the second terminal when the second switch is the open state, and
- a lever operably coupled to the first switch and the second switch, the lever configured to be actuated by the first switch, wherein the lever upon actuation configured to flip the second switch between the open state and the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.