Patent ID: 9111696
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An interface assembly for a trip unit of an electrical switching apparatus, said trip unit comprising an enclosure, a controller enclosed by the enclosure, and a cover member coupled to the enclosure, said cover member including a plurality of indicia, said electrical switching apparatus comprising a housing having an interior and an exterior, separable contacts disposed in the interior, and an operating mechanism for opening and closing said separable contacts, said trip unit being adapted to cooperate with said operating mechanism, said interface assembly comprising: at least one adjustment knob assembly comprising a post member and a ring member, said ring member including a cutout, said post member including a first end structured to cooperate with said controller and a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end, said ring member being disposed on the second end, wherein said at least one adjustment knob assembly is structured to pivot among a plurality of positions to correspondingly adjust said controller, wherein each of said positions corresponds to a predetermined setting of said trip unit, wherein said ring member is structured to substantially overlay all but one of said plurality of indicia, and wherein said cutout is structured to expose said one of said plurality of indicia, thereby indicating said position of said at least one adjustment knob assembly and the corresponding predetermined setting of said trip unit.