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US 4,902,999 AGranted
Enclosed bimetal circuit breaker
AssigneeGTE Products Corporation
InventorsGeorge A. Ball, Jr., John L. Schneider
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Abstract
An electrical circuit breaker comprises a base with two terminals embedded in, and extending through, the base. The external plug-in portions of the terminals are centered on the base. The internal portions of the terminals are off to one side in order to accommodate a PMB bimetal mounted on said internal portions. A cover secured to the base encloses the PMB bimetal.
Claims5
An electrical circuit breaker comprising a base, two terminals, a PMB bimetal and a cover;
- the PMB bimetal comprising a compensator fastened to a U shaped armature, the U shaped armature having a shorter leg and a longer leg;
- the terminals having inner portions within the cover and also having external plug-in portions;
- the terminals being embedded in, and extending through, the base;
- the base having a longitudinal center line;
- the external plug-in portions of the terminals being located on said longitudinal center line an extending perpendicularly therefrom;
- the embedded portions of the terminals being bent at a slight angle so that the inner portions of the terminals are offset from said longitudinal center line;
- the PMB bimetal being fastened to the inner portion of one of the terminals and making contact, when closed, to a contact on the inner portion of the other terminal, the PMB bimetal being in a substantially parallel relationship with the external plug-in portions of the terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.