Patent ID: 8947181
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An arc runner assembly structured for use in a circuit interrupter having a first conductor, a second conductor, a set of separable contacts electrically interposed between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a magnet apparatus that is structured to generate a magnetic field, the set of separable contacts comprising a stationary contact situated on one of the first conductor and the second conductor, the arc runner assembly comprising: a first arc runner; a second arc runner; the first and second arc runners being spaced apart from one another; the first arc runner structured to be situated adjacent a first side of the stationary contact and, in the presence of the field and one of a positive DC polarity and a negative DC polarity, is structured to communicate an electrical arc along the first arc runner and to communicate the electrical arc away from the stationary contact in a first direction for extinction; and the second arc runner structured to be situated adjacent a second side of the stationary contact opposite the first side and, in the presence of the field and the other of a positive DC polarity and a negative DC polarity, is structured to communicate an electrical arc along the second arc runner and to communicate the electrical arc away from the stationary contact in a second direction different than the first direction for extinction.