Patent ID: 6879230

Claim:
Multi-pole contactor-circuit breaker type switch comprising: an electromagnet including a coil; an electromagnetic trip device; power current lines comprising breaking poles; a housing containing the breaking poles, the electromagnet and the trip device; a protection module comprising means for measuring currents of power lines and protection and control electronic means comprising a first connector connected to said means for measuring currents and connected to the electromagnet coil and to the electromagnetic trip device for controlling the electromagnet and the trip device and for outputting signals; a control-communication module removably located on the housing and comprising at least one switch, a processing circuit and a second connector for communicating through the second connector with the first connector of the protection module and controlling at least one output; a mechanical subassembly actuatable by the electromagnet and trip device, and for operating the breaking poles; and actuating means actuatable by at least one of the electromagnet and the trip device, and for actuating said at least one switch according to the state of at least one of the trip device and the electromagnet.