Manually trippable circuit breaker

CF Alfaro, TJ Stack - US Patent 6,707,368, 2004 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A circuit breaker includes a nonconductive housing, a first breaker contact
within Said housing, and a trigger element having a Second breaker contact located within …

Circuit breaker employing an illuminated operating handle

EJ Tongo, JI Alarcon, IIPJ Lipsey, CJ Puhalla… - US Patent …, 2005 - Google Patents
Appl. No.: 10/650,342 A circuit breaker includes a housing having an opening,(22) Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003 Separable contacts within the housing, and an operating (65) Prior …

Circuit breaker having an unlocking mechanism and methods of operating same

G Yang, T Biedrzycki - US Patent 8,749,326, 2014 - Google Patents
Embodiments provide an electronic circuit breaker. The electronic circuit breaker has a
moveable contact arm having a moveable main electrical contact, and a lockout mechanism …

Intelligent circuit breaker module

S Novinsky, D Skirmont - US Patent 6,670,729, 2003 - Google Patents
A replaceable circuit breaker module has a housing for supporting and enclosing elements
of the module, a circuit breaker mounted in the housing in a manner that an action of …

Circuit breaker configured to be remotely operated

CB Williams, HH Mason Jr, R Castonguay… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A circuit breaker configured to be remotely operated by a controller is
disclosed. The circuit breaker includes a set of main contacts, an operating mechanism, a …

Configurable circuit-breaker

H Franke, B Schwinn, M Strassburger - US Patent 10,804,045, 2020 - Google Patents
A circuit breaker is disclosed for interrupting an electrical circuit when current limit values are
exceeded. The circuit-breaker includes a current sensor for determining the electrical current …

Molded case circuit breaker with current sensing unit

SC Fonseca, DK Tiwari, AO Reid, DE Foster - US Patent 9,852,851, 2017 - Google Patents
A circuit breaker, and method of assembling the circuit breaker, includes a circuit breaker
housing defining an interior portion, and which includes a molded base and a separable …

Self-contained breaker reset system and method

B Lewis - US Patent 7,280,013, 2007 - Google Patents
A system and method for resetting a tripped circuit breaker are provided. The system
includes a monitoring mechanism for monitoring a state of at least one electrical circuit …

Circuit breaker

JT Brandon, TC Lin - US Patent 6,897,747, 2005 - Google Patents
A microprocessor-based circuit breaker includes a removable chip that defines the current
rating or ground fault current for the breaker. The breaker includes mechanical components …

Sluggish circuit breaker detection system and method

H Weiher - US Patent 8,552,728, 2013 - Google Patents
A circuit breaker electronic trip unit includes a controller, and a memory that stores a
threshold tripping duration. The memory is readable by the controller. The trip unit includes a …