Patent ID: 8089282
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A test assembly for a circuit breaker with a single pole module having first and second conduction paths electrically isolated from each other via an interior wall of the single pole module and a circuit board, the test assembly comprising: an axle disposed at an upper portion of the interior wall and having a first end and a second end extending along opposite sides of the interior wall; a test actuation member configured to be actuated; a spring in operable communication with the test actuation member and in signal communication with the circuit board and configured to contact the test actuation member and the first end of the axle, such that when the test actuation member is actuated, the spring contacts the first end of the axle, the axle conducts an electrical signal to the spring, and the spring provides a test signal to the circuit board to initiate a test operation of the circuit breaker.