Circuit breaker accessory module terminal plug
CA 2223452 A1 · Owner: Scheel, Jerry L. · Inventors: Siebels, Randy L.; Peterson, Scott M.; Scheel, Jerry L.
Overview
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The present invention provides an accessory module for monitoring and controlling the status of a circuit breaker. The accessory module attaches to the side of a circuit breaker and has a mechanism similar to the mechanism in a circuit breaker. The mechanism has multiple positions that correspond to multiple states of a circuit breaker. Actuators transform relatively largescale motions of the mechanism into small-scale motions and transfer these to buttons on switches. Depressing these switches depending on the position of the mechanical assembly makes and breaks circuits that are in communication with a remote site. The invention provides a circuit board designed specifically to …
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- Filed April 2, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 2, 2017.
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