Patent ID: 6946935

Claim:
A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), comprising: a pair of fixed contact holders, each having a fixed contact at one end; a pair of movable contact holders, each having a fixed end and a movable end, each of the movable ends having a movable contact arranged for contacting a respective one of the fixed contacts; a movable assembly that moves between a first position in which each fixed contact makes contact with the respective movable contact and a second position in which the fixed contacts are separated from the movable contacts; an electromagnetic resetting component, which, when energized, causes the movable assembly to be in the first position; an electromagnetic tripping component, different from the electromagnetic resetting component, which, when energized, causes the movable assembly to be in the second position; and a control circuit, which, upon detection of a fault condition, energizes the electromagnetic tripping component, and which is responsive to a reset condition for energizing the electromagnetic resetting component.