Patent ID: 7355827
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A circuit interrupter comprising: a pair of fixed contact strips, each of the fixed contact strips having a fixed contact; a pair of movable contact strips, each of the movable contact strips having a fixed end and a movable end, each of the movable ends having a movable contact arranged for contacting one of the corresponding fixed contacts; a reset component; a tripping component comprising a reset contact; a movable component disposed to sustain the movable ends of the movable contact strips, the movable component capable of either being latched with or released from the reset component to move between a first position where the movable contacts are separated from the fixed contacts and the movable contact strips are separated from the reset contact, a second position where one movable contact strip contacts the reset contact and the movable contacts are separated from the fixed contacts, and a third position where the movable contacts make contact with the corresponding fixed contacts and the movable contact strips are separated from the reset contact; wherein the tripping component capable of latching the reset component with the movable component for the movable component to move to the third position upon detection of a reset request and capable of releasing the reset component from the movable component for the movable component to move to the first position upon detection of a fault condition.