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Contact position indicator for an industrial-rated circuit breaker

US5981887A · kind A · utility

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7References
16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 1997
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H9/16
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit breaker ON/OFF contact position indicator employs a bell crank assembly interconnecting between the target indicator at the front of the circuit breaker enclosure and the circuit breaker contact closing shaft at the rear thereof to provide accurate real time indication of the ON/OFF condition of the circuit breaker contacts.

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