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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120038438 | AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER In an air circuit breaker provided with a make-and-break unit having a stator 11 and a blade-shaped movable element 10 rotatably supported with a support shaft 9 oppositely to the stator, comprising an electromagnetic operation unit 20 having... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20100265016 | Magnet Core; Method for Its Production and Residual Current Device A magnet core (1) that is suitable for use in a fault current circuit breaker and that is made of a helically wound, magnetically soft band has a top (4) and a bottom (5), the top (4) and the bottom (5) being formed by side surfaces (<... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100148893 | ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS AND SHUNT SEPARATOR THEREFOR A shunt separator is provided for an electrical switching apparatus including a housing, separable contacts enclosed within the housing, an operating assembly including a trip bar, and a trip assembly. The trip assembly cooperates with the trip bar to trip open the sepa... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100057225 | AUTOMATION APPARATUSES WITH INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS SERVERS A protection relay with integrated communications may include a protective relay portion to perform protective relay operations associated with a load operatively connected to the protection relay, and a communications server portion to perform communications operations... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100019873 | DOUBLE BREAK INSTALLATION SWITCHGEAR An installation switching device having at least one pole current path comprises two stationary contact pieces; a moving contact bridge including two moving contact pieces forming a double-break pole with the two stationary contact pieces; a contact pressure spring exer... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090322452 | HANDLE ARM AND UNDERVOLTAGE RELEASE AND CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER INCORPORATING THE SAME A handle arm assembly is for a circuit interrupter including an undervoltage release mechanism having a reset mechanism. The handle arm assembly includes a body portion rotatable through an arc between an on position, an off position, and a reset position beyond the off... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090201109 | CIRCUIT BREAKER A circuit breaker of different interruption speeds, and a spring operation mechanism is standardized for designing and manufacturing the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker has a power transmission mechanism for driving a movable contact 63 and a fixed contact <... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090128264 | Fault circuit interrupting device with symmetrical inputs There is disclosed a circuit interrupting device with symmetrical inputs comprising a first input configured for connection to a power source or a load circuit and a second input configured for connection to a power source. There are a plurality of electrical conductors... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20080094155 | Trip unit having bimetal element located outside the yoke A trip unit in a miniature circuit breaker includes a magnetic yoke and a bimetal mounted on the outside of the yoke. The bimetal is welded at one end to a load terminal that leads to a terminal connector and at the other end to a pigtail. The pigtail, instead of the bi... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080048806 | Electronic Switching Device, In Particular Circuit-Breaker And Associated Operating Method An anti-serial cascade circuit including two silicon carbide JFETs and two silicon MOSFETs is known. Disclosed is a combination of a JFET, a smart power MOSFET SPM and a thyristor with an associated trigger circuit, which is connected in parallel to the SPM. According t... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080024252 | Ground fault circuit interrupter device A ground fault circuit interrupter device is described.... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080002326 | Load drive controller and control system A load drive controller for controlling a heat generating member by a switching element includes a temperature detection portion for detecting a physical quantity of a level corresponding to a temperature of the switching element, a protection function portion for outpu... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070273461 | Electro-Magnetic Force Driving Actuator and Circuit Breaker Using the Same Disclosed are an electro-magnetic force driving actuator and a circuit breaker comprising the actuator. The actuator comprises a hollow inner case made of magnetic material; an outer case made of magnetic material and being concentric with the inner case and radially mo... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070268098 | SPACE ALLOCATION FOR SWITCHING APPARATUS A housing for a single-pole circuit breaker is disclosed. The housing includes two current path regions, each region having a first section configured to receive an electromagnetic protection device, a second section configured to receive a thermal protection device, a ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070268097 | SPACE ALLOCATION FOR SWITCHING APPARATUS A housing for a single-pole circuit breaker is disclosed. The housing includes two current path regions, each region having a first section configured to receive an electromagnetic protection device, a second section configured to receive a thermal protection device, a ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070241846 | Electrical switching apparatus and circuit breaker including a molded enclosure and machine screws reinforcing the same A circuit breaker includes separable contacts, an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts, a molded enclosure comprising a first molded portion and a second molded portion, a plurality of thread cutting screws fastening the first molded p... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070188276 | Receptacle type ground-fault circuit interrupter A receptacle type ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) device adapted for connecting to input lines, which includes a pair of input terminals for connecting to the input lines, a pair of receptacle outlets, a ground-fault current detector for detecting a ground fault... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070132530 | Ground fault circuit interrupter with reverse wiring and end-of-life protection A circuit interrupter comprises a pair of fixed contact strips, a pair of load contact strips, a pair of movable contact strips, a reset component, a movable component, and a trip component that contains a reset contact. Each of the fixed contact strips has a fixed cont... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070075808 | MULTI-POLE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING DEFORMATION OF DRIVING SHAFT THEREOF Disclosed are a multi-pole circuit breaker and an apparatus for preventing deformation of a driving shaft thereof. The multi-pole circuit breaker includes: a plurality of single pole breaking units having a pair of fixed contactors, a movable contactor, and shafts; a sw... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070063796 | Modular switching device A modular switching device is disclosed which includes a plurality of interconnected modules, the modules having a control device module and a pole cell module, the modules of the switching device being interconnected with a shaft adapted to transfer a torque required f... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060250200 | ACCESSORIES FOR A ROTATABLE LATCHING SHAFT OF A CIRCUIT BREAKER An accessory for providing mechanical communication between a rotatable latching shaft and an actuation device of an electrical circuit breaker includes a lever, a working surface, and a snap fitting. The lever includes an engagement orifice. The engagement orifice is r... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060097829 | Enhanced solenoid-armature interface Certain exemplary embodiments include a circuit breaker armature that includes and/or defines a contact zone intersected by a longitudinal axis of a solenoid comprising a plunger, the solenoid adapted to extend the plunger along the longitudinal axis to engage with the ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060061439 | Circuit breaker with a moveable plug contact The circuit breaker is intended for installation in a low-voltage distribution board having a socket and having at least two busbars which are guided parallel, are held on the socket and are each associated with one pole conductor of a multiphase power supply system. Th... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20050174202 | Superconducting wire material and method for preparation thereof, and superconducting magnet using the same An object of the present invention is to provide: a superconducting wire with a boron-containing superconductor charged or included therein, the superconducting wire further being able to have a practical critical current density; a method for manufacturing the supercon... | 08/11/2005 |
