Patent ID: 8488302
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
1. A circuit breaker panel comprising: a number of circuit breaker modules, each of said number of circuit breaker modules comprising a number of connectors, a plurality of circuit breakers each including at least one line terminal and at least one load terminal, and a circuit structure supporting said circuit breakers and electrically interconnecting the at least one line terminal and the at least one load terminal of each of said circuit breakers with said number of connectors, said at least one line terminal being structured to receive at least one line voltage, said at least one load terminal being structured to output at least one load voltage; a monitoring module comprising a connector structured to receive the at least one line voltage and, for each of said circuit breakers of said number of circuit breaker modules, the at least one load voltage, and a monitoring circuit structured to monitor the at least one line voltage and, for each of said circuit breakers of said number of circuit breaker modules, the at least one load voltage; a frame comprising: a plurality of first conductors, each of said plurality of first conductors being electrically connected between one of the number of third connectors and one of the number of second connectors corresponding to the connector of one of said number of circuit breaker modules; a plurality of second conductors, each of said plurality of second conductors being electrically connected between the first connector and one of the number of second connectors corresponding to the connector of one of said number of circuit breaker modules, wherein each of said number of third connectors is further structured to receive a plurality of third conductors, each of said plurality of third conductors being structured to be electrically connected to a corresponding load, and whereby any of said monitoring module and said number of circuit breaker modules can be installed into or removed from said frame without change to any of said plurality of first conductors, said plurality of second conductors and said plurality of third conductors.