Patent ID: 9613763
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H01H,H01R

Claim:
1. A circuit breaker, comprising: a housing; a circuit board in the housing; a first bus energizing spring held in the housing that electrically connects the circuit board to an external electrical connection, the first bus energizing spring is configured to deflect toward the circuit board with a first linear displacement; and a second bus energizing spring held in the housing with at least a portion extending over and in cooperating alignment with the first bus energizing spring and is configured to deflect toward the circuit board with a second linear displacement to thereby provide a linear displacement capability as a summation of the first and second linear displacements, wherein the second bus energizing spring has an unloaded configuration and a fully compressed configuration, and wherein, when in the fully compressed configuration, the second bus energizing spring has a substantially flat configuration.