Patent ID: 6624731
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A contact assembly for use in an electrical switching apparatus having an actuator, comprising:an enclosure comprising an interior space housing first and second stationary contacts fixedly mounted in spaced relation with one another in one of a normally closed position or a normally open position; a pusher moveably mounted in said enclosure and selectively driven by the actuator to move between a normal position and an actuated position, the pusher comprising a top wail, a bottom wall and first and second side walls connected between the top wall and the bottom wall to define an opening having respective first and second ends, first and second longitudinally spaced top ribs on an inside of the top wall proximate the respective first and second side walls, first and second longitudinally spaced bottom ribs on an inside of the bottom wall proximate the respective first and second side walls and laterally offset from the respective first and second top ribs; a moveable contact received in the opening; and a contact spring captured between the top rib and the bottom rib at either the first or the second end of the opening to bias the moveable contact against the top rib and the bottom rib at the other of the first end and second end of the opening.