Patent ID: 7294804

Claim:
A spring seat assembly for a ram assembly in an operating mechanism closing assembly for an electrical switching apparatus, said electrical switching apparatus having a housing assembly and at least one pair of contacts having a fixed contact and a movable contact disposed in said housing assembly, said movable contact structured to move between a first, open position, wherein said contacts are separated, and a second, closed position, wherein said contacts contact each other and are in electrical communication, said ram assembly having a ram body, a guide assembly, and at least one spring, said guide assembly defining the path of travel of said ram body and having a base plate, a stop plate and an elongated pin, said base plate and said stop plate disposed at opposite ends of said pin, said ram body coupled to said pin, said at least one spring disposed between said base plate and said ram body, said spring seat assembly comprising: a spring seat bracket disposed adjacent to said base plate and structured to support a spring seat between said base plate and said at least one spring; said spring seat having a leaf spring body; and said spring seat coupled to said spring seat bracket and disposed between said base plate and said at least one spring.