Patent ID: 9218920
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A remote switching assembly for use with an electrical switch having a switch operator movable along an actuation axis, the remote switching assembly comprising: an actuator frame presenting a longitudinal channel extending along a longitudinal axis and attachment elements for attaching the actuator frame to a housing of an electrical switch adjacent to the switch operator so that the longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the actuation axis; a slider fitting within the longitudinal channel of the actuator frame to slide therein along the longitudinal axis, the slider providing a collar receiving the switch operator when the actuator frame is fixed to the housing of the electrical switch, so that movement of the slider along the actuation axis may switch the switch operator between “on” and “off” states; a flexible cable assembly providing a sheath surrounding a flexible cable, a first end of the sheath attached to the actuator frame and a first end of the flexible cable attached to the slider; and wherein the actuator frame includes at least one opening providing a path through the channel for receiving a lock shank to extend into the channel to block motion of the slider along the actuation axis to switch the switch operator from the “off” state to the “on” state.