Electrical switching apparatus, and interface assembly and display apparatus therefor
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsJack Devine, Mark A Janusek
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Abstract
An electrical switching apparatus includes a body and a display apparatus. The body has a housing, a handle partially extending through the housing, separable contacts located within the housing, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, a main printed circuit board located within the housing, and a number of electrical rating settings associated with the main printed circuit board. Each of the number of electrical rating settings has a magnitude. The display apparatus is electrically connected to the main printed circuit board and is structured to display the magnitude of at least one of the number of electrical rating settings.
Claims7
An electrical switching apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a housing,
- a handle partially extending through said housing,
- separable contacts disposed within said housing,
- an operating mechanism structured to open and close said separable contacts,
- a main printed circuit board disposed within said housing, and
- a number of electrical rating settings associated with said main printed circuit board, each of said number of electrical rating settings having a magnitude;
- and
- a display apparatus electrically connected to said main printed circuit board;
- wherein said display apparatus is structured to display the magnitude of at least one of said number of electrical rating settings;
- wherein said body further comprises a base and a rotary handle;
- wherein said base is disposed on said housing;
- wherein said base has a mounting surface;
- wherein said rotary handle is coupled to said mounting surface;
- wherein said rotary handle and said handle are structured to drive each other;
- and wherein said display apparatus comprises a display screen disposed on said mounting surface proximate said rotary handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.