Patent ID: 6882258
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An assembly for interacting with an operating mechanism of a circuit breaker, the circuit breaker including a housing and a pair of contacts within the housing, the operating mechanism arranged to separate the pair of contacts upon the occurrence of a trip event, the assembly comprising: an accessory device disposed in the housing including a plunger receptive to movement between a retracted position and a protruded position dependent on movement of the operating mechanism; an actuator having a first free end and a second free end, said second free end of said actuator configured for mechanical cooperation with said plunger; a compliant device disposed intermediate the operating mechanism and said actuator, said compliant device configured for mechanical cooperation with said first free end of said actuator; and a force being applied from the operating mechanism to said accessory device, the force resetting said accessory device by being transmitted from the operating mechanism to said compliant device, from said compliant device to said actuator, and from said actuator to said plunger for resetting said plunger from said protruded position to said retracted position.