Patent ID: 8476546
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switch assembly for making and breaking electrical connections in an electrical circuit having an incoming line and an outgoing line, the switch assembly comprising: a platform; a first electrically conductive jaw operatively attached to the platform, the first jaw being configured to electrically connect to the incoming line of the electrical circuit; a second electrically conductive jaw operatively attached to the platform adjacent the first jaw, the second jaw being configured to electrically connect to the outgoing line; a blade comprising an electrical insulator and a first electrically conductive plate attached to and spaced from a second electrically conductive plate via the electrical insulator; and an electrically conductive element electrically connecting the first and second electrically conductive plates, wherein the blade is pivotably coupled to the platform to rotate between a disengaged position, whereat the blade is electrically decoupled from the first and second jaws, and an engaged position, whereat the blade delivers an electrical current received from the first jaw through the first and second plates and the electrically conductive element to the second jaw.