Miniature circuit breaker for a no-touch load center
AssigneeSchneider Electric USA, Inc.
InventorChad R. Mittelstadt
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AssigneeSchneider Electric USA, Inc.
InventorChad R. Mittelstadt
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A miniature plug-on circuit breaker and complementary Load Center breaker compartment provide no exposed live touch points in the load center. The miniature circuit breaker has all terminals surrounded by its case. Line power and line side neutral terminals are accessed through the bottom of the circuit breaker. Load power and load side neutral terminals are accessed from an end panel of the circuit breaker. Load power and load side neutral terminals are covered such that they can only be wired when the circuit breaker is not in a breaker compartment of the complementary Load Center. Cover biasing features, or interference features, or both, can be provided so that an open load side terminal cover will have the cover closed upon insertion to the load center, and to prevent a closed load side terminal cover from being opened on an inserted circuit breaker.
A circuit breaker for insertion into a circuit breaker compartment of a complementary panelboard, the circuit breaker comprising:
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