Patent ID: 7518074

Claim:
A pivot assembly for an electrical switching apparatus including a housing having a molded cover and a molded base, a stationary contact assembly, and a movable contact assembly, said movable contact assembly including at least one carrier assembly, and being movable into and out of electrical contact with said stationary contact assembly, said at least one carrier assembly including a pivot, said pivot assembly comprising: a plurality of pivot members, each of said pivot members including a substantially circular aperture structured to pivotably receive said pivot of said at least one carrier assembly in order that said pivot pivots with respect to said pivot members and said at least one carrier assembly is pivotably coupled between a corresponding pair of said pivot members, without a separate bearing element, wherein each of said pivot members is a separate independent component structured to be disposed between said molded cover of said housing of said electrical switching apparatus and said molded base of said housing of said electrical switching apparatus.