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US 6,556,111 B2Granted
Selective release unit for circuit breaker
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWalter Felden, Eladia Pulido
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Abstract
A release unit for a circuit breaker is equipped with a magnet yoke and an armature collaborating with it for actuating a release device, in which case a nonmagnetic weight element that increases the inertia of the armature is applied to the armature.
Claims14
A release unit for a circuit breaker comprising:
- a fixed magnet yoke;
- an armature pivotally coupled relative to said magnet yoke on a first end of said armature for actuating a release device;
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- a nonmagnetic weight element coupled to said armature on a second end of said armature, said nonmagnetic weight element increasing the inertia of said armature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.