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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138863 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay has a movable contact arranged at one end of a drive shaft that reciprocates in an axis center direction based on excitation and demagnetization of an electromagnet block, and a pair of adjacently arranged fixed contacts with which the movab... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7351927 | Electrical switch, conductor assembly, and independent flexible conductive elements therefor A flexible conductive element is provided for the conductor assembly of an electrical switching apparatus. The conductor assembly includes a load conductor, a movable contact assembly including a number of movable contact arms, movable electrical contacts mounted on... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323958 | Multipole circuit breaker with single-pole breaking units Multipole circuit breaker comprising single-pole breaking units in the form of cases with two large side faces and having at least one movable contact which operates in conjunction with at least one stationary contact, an operating mechanism common to a set of break... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7301742 | Method and apparatus for accessing and activating accessory functions of electronic circuit breakers An electronic trip unit for a circuit breaker includes a programmed microprocessor and a module plug in removable signal communication with the microprocessor. The module plug includes a program identifier. The microprocessor recognizes the program identifier and ac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294804 | Energy dissipating spring seat Within a closing assembly that utilizes a ram assembly having a spring driven ram body, an energy dissipating spring seat assembly is provided. The ram body is mounted on a guide assembly having at least one pin. The guide assembly also includes a base plate and a s... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7221246 | Split rotor system and method with springs A rotor assembly may include first rotor half, a first spring supported with the first rotor half, a second rotor half, and a second spring supported within the second rotor half, wherein the first rotor half and the second rotor half are adjoined to enclose the fir... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221924 | Wideband monolithic tunable high-Q notch filter for image rejection in RF application A notch filter with a high Q factor, which is integrated with a first and a second cascoded LNA, is totally contained on an integrated chip. The notch filter, comprising two Q-enhancement circuits, is coupled to the second differential LNA. The two Q-enhancement cir... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211750 | Switching mechanism with shock absorber A switching mechanism provides sequential switching of first and second circuit breakers to enable switching between a primary power supply and a backup power supply. The switching mechanism comprises an actuating mechanism to sequentially actuate a pair of circuit ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7189935 | Contact arm apparatus and method of assembly thereof A contact arm assembly having a contact arm module is disclosed. The contact arm module includes a set of contact arms, two side plates, a pivot pin, and a set of springs. Each contact arm includes a pivot hole, two contacts, and two spring holders. The two side pla... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7148774 | Contact assembly A circuit breaker contact assembly includes a line conductor having a folded back fixed contact end, a fixed contact mounted on the contact end, and a movable contact arm having an inner edge and first and second ends. A movable contact is mounted on the first end. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148775 | Contactor assembly for circuit breaker A contactor assembly for a circuit breaker is disclosed. There is provided a contactor assembly, wherein stationary pins fixed to a rotary shaft and supporting one ends of springs and limit pins contacting the upper surface of the movable contactor and supporting th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145419 | Contactor assembly for a circuit breaker A contactor assembly for a circuit breaker comprises a first spring supporting pin, a cam plate, a second spring supporting plate, a link, and a spring. When a movable contactor is rotated without a rotation axis, a fluctuation of a rotation center of the movable co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138892 | Method and apparatus for soft-fault tolerant circuit interruption In accordance with one embodiment, the present technique provides a circuit interrupter. The exemplary circuit interrupter includes conductive spanner that completes an electrical pathway between first and second electrical conductors. To facilitate a good electrica... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7116194 | Electric pole for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, and associated circuit breaker An electric pole for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, comprising an insulating enclosure (20, 30) that has a lower wall, an upper wall, two side walls, a rear wall and a front wall, at least one arc chute, at least one fixed contact (8) and at leas... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7068131 | Switching contact arrangement for a power switch A switching contact arrangement is for a power switch, wherein a plurality of contact levers are pivoted on a contact support via a bearing pin. The contact support is provided with at least three support elements for radially supporting the bearing pin. In order to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064284 | Circuit breaker with bumper An improved circuit breaker includes a case, a movable arm, and a bumper retained within a receptacle formed on the case. The bumper is retained in the receptacle by a number of spaced ribs that engage certain portions of the bumper yet permit deformations of other ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7045733 | Low-voltage circuit-breaker and corresponding positive-opening-operation device Described herein is a low-voltage circuit-breaker, which comprises at least one mobile contact and a corresponding fixed contact, and a positive-opening-operation device. The positive-opening-operation device in turn comprises: a moving element associated to the mob... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7034642 | Blow open moving contact assembly for electric power switching apparatus with a very high current interruption rating A moving contact assembly for a high-current interruption electric power switching apparatus has an inner carrier for the contact fingers that is rigidly held in a withstand position in an outer carrier by a spring biased cam follower pin engaging a cam profile on t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7005594 | Movable contactor assembly of circuit breaker Disclosed is a movable contactor assembly of a circuit breaker capable of enhancing a current limiting function by maintaining a contact state between a movable contactor and fixed contactors in a closed circuit state, by preventing the separated movable contactor f... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6987657 | Voltage surge protection device A device for protection against voltage surges comprises a stationary electrode and a movable electrode arranged facing an arc extinguishing chamber. The movable electrode is driven by a mechanisms, by an electromechanical actuator and/or by an electromagnetic circu... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6975190 | Contactor device of circuit breaker A contactor device of a repulsion-type circuit breaker includes a first movable contactor with a first movable contact to be driven by an open-close mechanism; a fixed contactor; a second movable contactor having second and third movable contacts; a first contact sp... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970059 | Slot motor including legs engaging openings of circuit breaker housing and electrical switching apparatus employing the same A circuit breaker includes a housing having first and second openings, with stationary and movable separable contacts disposed therein. An operating mechanism is disposed in the housing, is coupled to the separable contacts and is structured to move those contacts b... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965292 | Isolation cap and bushing for circuit breaker rotor assembly An electrically isolated rotor assembly for a cassette assembly of a circuit breaker includes a rotor having a first side and an opposing second side, a first isolation cap disposed on the first side, a second isolation cap disposed on the second side. Each isolatio... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958671 | Electrical contactor with positive temperature coefficient resistivity element The present invention provides an electrical contactor for connecting and disconnecting an electrical power source to an electrical device wherein the electrical power source is electrically connected to a line terminal having a line terminal electrical contact and ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6952149 | Apparatus for interrupting a short circuit in a circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes a housing, an operating mechanism, and a cassette. The cassette includes a separable current path having a movable contact arm, two arc receptors each disposed for receiving an electrical arc in response to a short circuit overcurrent cond... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6924445 | Low-voltage circuit breaker A low-voltage circuit breaker, comprising: at least one first fixed contact, which is electrically connected to a terminal for connection to an electric circuit; a rotating moving contact, which comprises a central body from which at least ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6717089 | Electric pole for low-voltage power circuit breaker An electric pole for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, comprising: a fixed contact and a movable contact which can be mutually coupled/uncoupled; at least two conducting elements, suitable to electrically connect the movable contact to a power suppl... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6590173 | Molded case circuit breaker A current-interrupting section of a molded case circuit breaker includes fixed contact shoes and a rotary bridge-type contact shoe held in a contact shoe holder. A pair of pressure springs is assembled in the contact shoe holder to press the rotary contac... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6480080 | Molded case circuit breaker A molded case circuit breaker includes a switching mechanism and a current-interrupting section. The current-interrupting section is composed of an insulated case, fixed contact shoes arranged diagonally opposite to each other, a bridging rotary contact s... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6441709 | Device for short-circuit protection The current-limiting mechanism is provided in particular in order to protect electromechanical contactors from being welded by a short-circuit load. In a first step, the current-limiting mechanism closes a bridging contact of a first bridging current path... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6429759 | Split and angled contacts A contact arrangement for a circuit breaker is disclosed. The movable and the stationary contacts within the breaker are each split and angled such that one contact forms a female V cross sectional shape and the other forms a mating male V cross sectional... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6426688 | Modular contact system for different frame sizes A circuit breaker rotary contact arm is used within a plurality of single pole modules ganged together to form a single multi-pole circuit breaker. To provide for use in quiescent conditions having high ampere ratings, low ampere rated rotary contact arm ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6403901 | Spring biased contact system including a rotatable symmetrical contact with two lever arms A contact system having a two-armed contact arm equipped at its opposite ends with contact pieces that can be brought into and out of contact with corresponding contact pieces of stationary busbars. The contact arm is mounted rotatably on a central bearin... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6400244 | Control apparatus for electrical switchgear A three-position control apparatus has a control shaft secured to a Maltese cross provided with two drive slots and rotated from a determined angular position to an angular position from among two other determined angular positions. The Maltese cross is r... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396369 | Rotary contact assembly for high ampere-rated circuit breakers A circuit breaker rotary contact assembly employs a rotor assembly to operate the moveable contact arms. Separate pivots are provided to the rotor assembly and the moveable contact arms to ensure that the contacts close prior to complete rotation of the r... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392512 | Stationary line bus assembly A circuit breaker (10) including a stationary line bus assembly (47). The stationary line bus assembly (47)comprises a bus body (124) supported by support legs (132) with the bus body (124) having a first longitudinal end portion (125) and a second longit... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6348847 | Control device for breaker A making operation preventing device 130 has a releasing trigger 19 for retaining, via a releasing latch 18, a breaking lever 36 to which a torque in a counterclockwise direction is applied by an opening torsion bar 34; a releasing electromagnet 20 for op... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6271493 | High voltage disconnector with fixed and locking members secure under Lorentz forces A high voltage disconnector comprising a fixed contact and a movable contact to the latter to produce an electrical connection between a first conductor and a second conductor, the movable contact and the fixed contact forming, when they are in contact wi... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6242707 | Arc quenching current limiting device including ablative material A current limiting device for protecting electrical circuits has a case and a pair of separable electrodes disposed within the case. Each electrode has a plurality of openings with an ablative member abutting the openings at an outer surface of the electr... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6140894 | Electrical circuit breakers An electrical circuit breaker includes a moveable contact piece connected to an actuating means and provided with a contact face arranged to make contact with a contact face of a second contact piece by movement of the moveable contact piece generally in ... | 10/31/2000 |
