Patent ID: 6512192
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An exhaust arc gas manifold for a circuit breaker comprising:an electrically-insulated body having an upper wall and a lower wall joined by a back wall extending substantially perpendicular to said upper wall and said lower wall; a pair of electrically-insulated walls extending substantially perpendicular from said back wall between said upper and lower walls defining a first section, a second section, and a third section; said first section is closed at a bottom, back and both sides thereof; said second section is closed at a top, bottom and both sides thereof; said third section closed at a bottom, back and both sides thereof; and said upper wall configured to attach said electrically-insulated body to one end of the circuit breaker, wherein exhaust arc gas is emitted from a top of said first section and said third section and from a back of said second section.