Patent ID: 6028753
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A method for interrupting current carrying paths in a multiphase electrical circuit interrupter, the interrupter including at least first and second power phase sections, each power phase section including a first contact region and a movable element having a second contact region, the first contact region being electrically coupled to a first conductor, the second contact region being displaceable with the movable element between a conducting position wherein a current carrying path is established between the first and second contact regions, and an interrupted position wherein the current carrying path is interrupted, the method comprising the steps of:(a) displacing the second contact region of the first power phase section from the conducting position toward the interrupted position;(b) establishing a conductive current carrying path between the first and the second phase sections; and(c) displacing the second contact region of the second power phase section from the conducting position toward the interrupted position.