Patent ID: 8671556

Claim:
A remote racking tool comprising: a. a drive assembly comprising: (i) a base plate having a lip for removably latching onto a circuit breaker housing; (ii) a motor secured to the base plate, wherein the motor is engaged with a rotating shaft; (iii) a drive coupler connected to the rotating shaft, wherein the drive coupler is rotatable by the motor for engaging a circuit breaker of a switchgear to remove or install the circuit breaker; (iv) a spring loaded engagement lever latch connected to the base plate, wherein the spring loaded engagement lever latch comprises an opening through which the drive coupler freely rotates and a threadable member for providing a secondary attachment to the switchgear; and (v) a junction box with a power and signal receptacle mounted to the motor; b. a motor power cable connected to the power and signal receptacle; c. a remote control assembly connected to the drive assembly through the motor power cable, wherein the remote control assembly comprises: (i) a body and a lid with a face plate; (ii) an on-off power switch mounted in the face plate, a current alarm mounted to the face plate, a control power style selector mounted to the face plate, an install button on the face plate, a remove control on the face plate, a remote control assembly circuit breaker on the face plate, an A/C input on the face plate, and a supervisory link receptacle on the face plate; (iii) a tilt alarm mounted to the face plate and engaged with a tilt switch cable, wherein the tilt switch cable engages a tilt sensor; (iv) a motor power receptacle for engaging the motor power cable; (v) a tilt switch receptacle engaged with the body and the lid to receive signals and transmit the signals to the drive assembly; (vi) a current control module on the face plate comprising: (1) a processor connected to a display; (2) a current control module install button; (3) a current control module remove button; (4) a current control module up button; and (5) a current control module down button; (vii) a radio remote transmitter/receiver in communication with the remote control assembly; and (viii) a power supply beneath the face plate and in the body, wherein the power supply is connected with the on-off power switch and the current control module; d. a supervisory link cable connected to the supervisory link receptacle; e. a tilt switch cable connected to the tilt switch receptacle; f. an A/C power cable for engaging the A/C input; and g. a radio remote pendant station in communication with the radio remote transmitter/receiver comprising: (i) a radio on/off; (ii) a radio install button; (iii) a radio remove; and (iv) a radio on-board power supply.