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US 5,510,759 AGranted
Miniature circuit breaker with ground fault electronics supported by stiff conductors for easy assembly
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsLance Gula, Michael J. Whipple
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Abstract
A miniature ground fault circuit breaker having a housing assembled from molded sections has stiff conductors supporting the toroidal coils of the ground fault circuit in position in one molded section and aligning connectors secured to the stiff conductors for easier assembly of the molded housing sections.
Claims8
A circuit breaker comprising:
- a molded housing having compartments including an electronic compartment and assembled from a plurality of molded housing sections;
- circuit interrupting means including electronic trip means received in said electronic compartment;
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- stiff conductor means secured at one end to one molded housing section forming at least part of said electronics compartment and engaging and holding said electronic trip means in a fixed position with respect to said one molded housing section while said plurality of molded housing sections are assembled to form said molded housing.
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