Patent · US Expired

Off-set terminal configuration for electrically coupling the load side of adjacent circuit breakers

US4989118A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 21, 1989
Grant dateJan 29, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H71/082
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The load terminals of several side-by-side circuit breakers are formed from an initially flat configuration to define an offset laterally projecting flag portion that mates with another portion of an identical adjacent terminal to provide aligned openings, one of which is threaded, for receiving a conventional screw.

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