Patent ID: 9401251
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H01H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A circuit breaker, comprising: a housing; a line strap at least partially disposed within said housing, said line strap having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface spaced apart from said top surface by a gap, a first side surface and an opposing second side surface, and a vertically extending portion connecting said top surface to said bottom surface; a single-piece line strap insulator positioned within said housing and having a first sidewall and a second sidewall fixedly coupled to said first sidewall, wherein said second sidewall is spaced from said first sidewall in a first direction, each of said first sidewall and said second sidewall extend from a point above said line strap top surface to a point below said line strap bottom surface such that said top surface and said bottom surface are at least partially enclosed within said line strap insulator, wherein said line strap insulator is fabricated from an electrically insulative material, and wherein said line strap is configured to be inserted between said first sidewall and said second sidewall in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction while said first and second sidewalls are fixed relative to one another.