Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit breaker terminal shield with position indicator
- Patent Title (中): 断路器端子屏蔽带位置指示器
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Application No.: US13705208Application Date: 2012-12-05
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Publication No.: US08859918B2Publication Date: 2014-10-14
- Inventor: James Patrick Sisley , Richard Paul Malingowski , Craig Joseph Puhalla , Kelly Julia McCarthy
- Applicant: Eaton Corporation
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland
- Assignee: Eaton Corporation
- Current Assignee: Eaton Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland
- Agency: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
- Agent David C. Jenkins
- Main IPC: H01H1/64
- IPC: H01H1/64 ; H01H71/02 ; H01H9/02 ; H01H71/08 ; H01R13/641 ; H01R13/447 ; H01R4/36

Abstract:
A position indicator for a circuit breaker is provided. A circuit breaker housing assembly body has an alignment surface. The position indicator includes an indicator member having an alignment surface and an elongated spacer member. The indicator member is movably coupled to the circuit breaker housing assembly adjacent a terminal screw with the spacer member generally aligned with the terminal screw. The indicator member is structured to move between a first position, wherein the alignment surface is not aligned with the housing assembly body alignment surface, and a second position, wherein the alignment surface is aligned with the housing assembly body alignment surface. The spacer member engages the terminal screw and, if the terminal screw is in a terminal screw first position, the spacer member prevents the indicator member from moving into the indicator member second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140151201A1 CIRCUIT BREAKER TERMINAL SHIELD WITH POSITION INDICATOR Public/Granted day:2014-06-05
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