Patent ID: 6060674
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An electrical circuit interrupter, comprising:a housing;an operating mechanism disposed within said housing;first and second separable main contact means disposed within said housing in a disposition of structural cooperation with said operating mechanism to be opened and closed by said operating mechanism;an electrically conducting first contact support member, said first contact support member being stationary and having a shape which doubles back upon itself forming spaced apart first and second legs between which is disposed a central region;said first separable main contact means being electrically interconnected with and supported on said first leg; andan electrically insulating support member, said electrically insulating support member having an inner portion disposed in said central region and having an outer portion outboard of said central region between said first contact support member and said second separable main contact means for insulatingly shielding said first contact support member from said second separable main contact means, said outer portion and said inner portion having a cooperating shape therebetween complementary with said first contact support member for capturing said first contact support therebetween.