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US 7,923,650 B2Granted
Ganged auxiliary switch configuration for use in a molded case circuit breaker
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRandall Lee Greenberg, Girish Mruthunjaya Hassan, Roger Neil Castonguay, Dave Scot Christensen
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Abstract
A ganged auxiliary switch for a circuit breaker comprises at least two auxiliary switches attached to each other in a side-by-side relationship so that they may be inserted into said circuit breaker as a single unit.
Claims20
A ganged auxiliary switch for a circuit breaker, the ganged auxiliary switch comprising:
- at least two auxiliary switches;
- and
- means for attaching said at least two auxiliary switches together in a side-by-side relationship so that said at least two auxiliary switches are allowed to be removed and inserted into said circuit breaker as a single unit.
A circuit breaker comprising:
- a housing;
- a fixed contact in said housing, said fixed contact being in electrical communication with a first external line strap;
- a movable contact in said contact, said movable contact being in electrical communication with a second external line strap;
- an operating mechanism for opening and closing said fixed contact and said second contact;
- a recess for supporting at least two adjacent auxiliary switches;
- a ganged auxiliary switch supported by said recess, said ganged auxiliary switch comprising:
- at least two auxiliary switches;
- and
- means for attaching said at least two auxiliary switches together in a side-by-side relationship so that said at least two auxiliary switches are allowed to be removed and inserted into said circuit breaker as a unit.
6 more elements
A method for installing auxiliary switches into a circuit breaker comprising:
- exposing a recess in said circuit breaker for receiving at least two adjacent auxiliary switches;
- attaching at least two auxiliary switches together in side-by-side relationship to form a ganged auxiliary switch;
- inserting said ganged auxiliary switch into said recess as a unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.