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US 8,558,129 B2Granted
Electrical switching component
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsRandall B. Elliott, John B. Engel, Rhonda L. Wilson, Pieter Agnar Paulson
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Abstract
An apparatus including an electrical switching device to control current to a load and a second case arranged to substantially encapsulate the electrical switching device. The electrical switching device includes a first case; a plurality of contacts disposed in the first case; and an opening in the first case disposed to expose the contacts. The second case is arranged to duct a blast from the opening of the first case of the electrical switching device.
Claims28
An apparatus, comprising:
- an electrical switching component including an electrical switching device to control current to a load, a case substantially encapsulating the electrical switching device, a retaining structure, and a first connector disposed on a first end of the case such that the first connector can be coupled to a second connector on a mounting site by moving the case in a first direction, a first protrusion extending from a side of the case opposite the retaining structure, the first protrusion aligned along the first direction such that when the first protrusion is disposed in a corresponding opening, the case is constrained in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction;
- wherein the retaining structure of the case is configured to be constrained such that movement of the case in a second direction opposite the first direction is limited.
A method, comprising:
- moving an electrical switching component in a first direction to engage an electrical switching component with a mounting site;
- and
- engaging a panel with a retaining structure of the electrical switching component such that movement of the electrical switching component is constrained along a second direction opposite the first direction.
A system comprising:
- one or more electrical switching components, each electrical switching component including a first electrical connector and a retaining structure;
- an enclosure including one or more mounting sites for engaging the one or more electrical switching components, and a panel operatively coupled and decoupled from the enclosure, the panel being arranged and configured to contact the retaining structure of each electrical switching component when the panel is coupled to the enclosure;
- and
- one or more second electrical connectors, each second electrical connector operatively associated with one of the one or more mounting sites and arranged and configured to engage a corresponding one of the one or more the first electrical connectors when the electrical switching component is moved in a first direction while engaging the mounting site;
- wherein the mounting site is configured to constrain each electrical switching component from moving in the first direction, and the panel is configured to constrain each electrical switching component from moving in a second direction opposite the first direction when the panel is contacting the retaining structure.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an electrical switching component including an electrical switching device to control current to a load, a case substantially encapsulating the electrical switching device, a retaining structure, and a first connector disposed on a first end of the case such that the first connector can be coupled to a second connector on a mounting site by moving the case in a first direction a first protrusion extending from a side of the case opposite the retaining structure;
- wherein the retaining structure of the case is configured to be constrained such that movement of the case in a second direction opposite the first direction is limited;
- and
- wherein the case includes:
- first circuitry constrained to a first voltage range and a first opening exposing the first circuitry;
- second circuitry constrained to a second voltage range extending higher than the first voltage range and a second opening exposing the second circuitry;
- and
- the retaining structure is disposed on the case between the first opening and the second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.