Patent ID: 6903636

Claim:
A shock resistant auxiliary switch mechanism for use in a circuit breaker, the circuit breaker including a set of separable contacts, the auxiliary switch mechanism being structured to indicate a disconnected state of the set of contacts, the auxiliary switch mechanism comprising: a frame; a switch assembly; a biasing member; the switch assembly being mounted on the frame, the switch assembly including a first conductor, a second conductor, a common conductor, and an actuator; the actuator being operatively engaged with the common conductor to slidably move at least a portion of the common conductor between a first position in which the common conductor is connected with the first conductor and a second position in which the common conductor is connected with the second conductor; and the biasing member biasing the actuator toward the first position, the actuator being structured to be engaged by a movable member of the circuit breaker to releasably retain the actuator in the second position whereby the actuator is operationally interposed between the bias of the biasing member and the movable member of the circuit breaker to resist unintended movement of the at least portion of the common conductor due to a shock event.