Patent ID: 7132616
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An electrical device configured to be disposed in an electrical distribution system including a power source for providing power to a load, including a compact switch assembly comprising: a rocker assembly having a user accessible surface responsive to an applied force and a rocker arm member including a striking surface and an actuation surface, wherein the rocker arm member is pivotally connected to a housing portion of the device; a fixed contact assembly having a fixed switch contact and a terminal; a moveable contact assembly including a fulcrum member, a terminal, and a pivot member having a lever arm end and a contact end including a contact, said pivot member rotatably mounted onto the fulcrum member in response to pivoting of the rocker assembly and moveable between an open contact position and a closed contact position, wherein the applied force is coupled to the lever arm end by way of the striking surface to commence movement of the contacts from the closed contact position to the open contact position, after which applied force coupled to the contact end by way of the actuation surface continues to open the pivot member contact and the fixed contact to a predetermined distance.