Circuit breaker
OwnerMeril D. Gebertinventor
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Abstract
An automatic circuit breaker for a vehicle, such as an automobile, truck, boat, airplane, or the like, having an internal combustion engine with at least one associated electrical power circuit which includes a switch in such power circuit together with a toggle joint operative to open and close such circuit and a pendulum-like weight adapted to move upon vehicle impact to actuate said toggle joint to open the switch, thus to avoid electrical ignition of the gaseous fuel subsequent to a gross impact of the vehicle. The same impact can be arranged to actuate the toggle joint to either open to close other circuits.
Claims6
An automatic circuit breaker for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine having an associated electrical power circuit which comprises
- a switch in said power circuit,
- a toggle joint operative to open or close said switch, and
- means responsive to vehicle impact to move said toggle joint between switch-closed and switch-opened positions,
- said toggle moving means including a weight supported by rigid members for universal pivotal motion to contact and move said toggle joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.