Patent ID: 11923161
Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A Shunt Trip Circuit Interrupter (STCI) structured to be installed within an electrical panel and being structured to be electrically connected between a line and a load of each of a number of poles of the electrical panel, the electrical panel having a quantity of receptacles each having at most only a single pole of the number of poles, the STCI comprising:
a number of sets of separable contacts, each set of separable contacts of the number of sets of separable contacts comprising a contact and another contact, the contact being structured to be electrically connected with one of the line and the load, the another contact being structured to be electrically connected with the other of the line and the load;
a housing having an interior within which the number of sets of separable contacts are situated, the housing being structured to occupy at most only an amount of receptacles of the electrical panel equal to the number of sets;
an operating mechanism situated within the interior and structured to move each set of separable contacts of the number of sets of separable contacts between at least an ON condition wherein the contact and the another contact are electrically connected together and an OFF condition wherein the contact and the another contact are electrically disconnected from one another; and
a tripping mechanism situated within the interior of the housing of the STCI and comprising an electronic circuit, a solenoid electrically connected with the electronic circuit, and a wire electrically connected with the electronic circuit at a first end and extending between the electronic circuit and an exterior of the housing, the wire having a remote switch system that comprises at least one of a manual switch and an electronic switch that, when actuated, electrically connects a second end of the wire to a neutral conductor and actuates the solenoid that engages the operating mechanism which moves each set of separable contacts from the ON condition to the OFF condition.