Patent ID: 6084188
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: H01H,H01R

Abstract:
A multi pole circuit interrupter device, comprising:a housing;operating mechanism means disposed within said housing;multi pole separable contact means disposed within said housing in cooperation with said operating mechanism means for being opened by said operating mechanism means;opening means disposed within said housing in cooperation with said operating mechanism means for actuating said operating mechanism means for opening said separable contact means; andmulti pole terminal means interconnected with said multi pole separable contact means for providing an electrical conduction path from a region outside of said housing to each pole of said multi pole separable contact means, each terminal of said multi pole terminal means having a non-symmetrically shaped terminal collar means connected thereto with a region of relatively smaller dimension relative to a region of larger dimension, uninsulated lateral paths of electrical conduction between adjacent pairs of said terminal collar means, the shortest uninsulated lateral electrical conduction path between an adjacent pair of said non-symmetrically shaped terminal collar means being between said regions of relatively smaller dimensions.