Patent ID: 7843291
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A circuit breaker comprising: a circuit breaker housing defining at least one accessory pocket; an operating mechanism disposed within the circuit breaker housing and operable to engage and disengage a first contact with a second contact; an auxiliary accessory disposed in the accessory pocket and coupled to the operating mechanism, the auxiliary accessory including an accessory housing, and a magnetic latch and a plurality of status switches located within the accessory housing, the status of at least one of the plurality of switches changing in response to a change in state of the circuit breaker, the magnetic latch being activated based on an amount of current flowing through the circuit breaker; and a mounting member, wherein the auxiliary accessory is coupled to the operating mechanism via the mounting member, and wherein the mounting member is a separate component coupled to the accessory housing and includes a base, and first and second moveable switch actuators rotatably mounted to the base, each of the first and second switch actuators including a switch lever and a switch pad, wherein the first and second switch actuators are coupled to the operating mechanism and moveable by the operating mechanism to cause the switch pads to operate one or more of the plurality of switches and change a status of one or more of the switches.