Patent ID: 6498310
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A circuit breaker assembly comprising:a housing; a contact arm having a contact thereon, said contact arm moveable between contact-open and contact-closed conditions; biasing means urging said contact arm to said contact-open condition; an actuator selectively moveable between ON and OFF positions and further having a TRIPPED position; a toggle mechanism coupling said actuator to said contact arm for manually moving said contact arm to said contact-closed condition when said actuator is in said ON position; a trip sub-assembly having an auxiliary switch lever and a trip lever hingedly connected to each other; said auxiliary switch lever pivotally mounted within said housing, and said trip sub-assembly including biasing means to rotatably bias said auxiliary switch lever and said trip lever in opposing directions; an auxiliary switch connectable to a remote indicator, said auxiliary switch changeable between switch-open and switch-closed conditions and biased to said switch-open condition; said auxiliary switch lever acting on said auxiliary switch when said actuator is moved between the OFF and ON positions; said auxiliary switch being in said switch-closed condition when said actuator is either in said TRIPPED position or moved from said TRIPPED position to said OFF position.