Patent ID: 8830018

Claim:
A transfer switch for transferring a load from a normal power source to an alternate power source comprising: a source platform; a load platform supported by a frame mounted to a top face of the source platform; a transfer element mounted to a rotatable shaft that defines an axis, wherein the rotatable shaft is supported by the frame; a normal source contact mounted to the top face of the source platform on a normal side of the axis; an alternate source contact mounted to the top face of the source platform on an alternate side of the axis; a load contact supported by the load platform; and a flexible conductor formed in a continuous loop, wherein the flexible conductor provides at least one conductive path between the transfer element and the load contact, wherein the rotatable shaft is adapted to place the transfer element in electrical contact with the normal source contact when the rotatable shaft is in a normal position, wherein the rotatable shaft is adapted to place the transfer element in electrical contact with the alternate source contact when the rotatable shaft is in an alternate position, and wherein the automatic transfer switch is mass-centered about the axis.