An operating mechanism of a circuit breaker includes a moving contact bracket, a moving contact assembly, and a reset torsion spring. The moving contact bracket is provided with a rotating shaft, and the moving contact bracket may be rotated around the rotating shaft; a first end of the reset torsion spring is arranged on a base of the circuit breaker, and a second end of the reset torsion spring is arranged on the moving contact assembly; the moving contact assembly is rotatably arranged on the moving contact bracket, and the moving contact bracket is provided with a limiting portion, so that in a closing process of the circuit breaker, the moving contact assembly is pressed against the limiting portion and rotated synchronously with the moving contact bracket, and the reset torsion spring applies a force rotated towards a disconnection direction of the circuit breaker to the moving contact bracket.

Described herein is a switching apparatus for low or medium voltage electric grids, which includes one or more electric poles. Each electric pole includes: an outer casing defining an internal volume of the electric pole; a fixed contact assembly accommodated in the internal volume of the electric pole and including a fixed contact member extending along a longitudinal axis of the electric pole; at least one movable contact assembly accommodated in the internal volume of the electric pole; an actuation member accommodated in the internal volume of the electric pole and arranged coaxially and externally relative to the fixed contact member, so that the fixed contact member passes through the actuation member along the longitudinal axis. The actuation member is slidingly movable along the fixed contact member. When moving between the first and second actuation positions, the actuation member transiently couples to each trip mechanism to actuate the trip mechanism.

A crossbar assembly and a trip assembly comprising same are disclosed. The crossbar assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a crossbar and an instant bar. The crossbar and the instant bar can be rotatably coupled so as to be rotatable around the same rotary shaft. Therefore, the space required for rotation can be reduced to be less than when the crossbar and the instant bar are individually rotated. In addition, the crossbar can move in a longitudinal direction when coupled to the instant bar. Therefore, a metallic bar for movement of the crossbar is unnecessary. Therefore, interference between different-phase currents flowing through the trip assembly can be minimized.

A circuit breaker trip device includes a circuit interface configured to interface with a receptacle for providing electrical power; a trip mechanism, operatively connected to the circuit interface, configured to overload a circuit breaker associated with the receptacle providing electrical power when the trip mechanism is activated; a power indicator, operatively connected to the circuit interface and operatively connected in parallel with the trip mechanism, configured to communicate an operational status of the circuit breaker associated the receptacle for providing electrical power; and a safety circuit breaker, operatively connected to the circuit interface and operatively connected in series to the trip mechanism and the power indicator, configured to trip when the circuit breaker associated the receptacle for providing electrical power fails to trip upon activation of the trip mechanism.

A circuit breaker comprises a solid-state bidirectional switch, a switch control circuit, current and voltage sensors, and a processor. The solid-state bidirectional switch is connected between a line input terminal and a load output terminal of the circuit breaker, and configured to be placed in a switched-on state and a switched-off state. The switch control circuit control operation of the bidirectional switch. The current sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of current flowing in an electrical path between the line input and load output terminals and generate a current sense signal. The voltage sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of voltage on the electrical path and generate a voltage sense signal. The processor is configured to process the current and voltage sense signals to determine operational status information of the circuit breaker, a fault event, and power usage information of a load connected to the load output terminal.

A circuit interrupter adapted to be detachably connected to a rail system includes a housing having a notch disposed thereon adapted to receive a first leg of the rail system. An engagement member having a notch disposed therein adapted to receive a second leg of the rail system is slideably carried by the housing such that the notch in the engagement member is moveable in a first plane toward and away from the notch in the housing between an engaged position and a disengaged position. An actuation member is slideably carried by the housing and is moveable in a second plane, different than the first plane, between an actuated position and an unactuated position, movement of the actuation member in the second plane being translated into movement of the engagement member in the first plane.

A plug-in circuit breaker that includes a circuit breaker housing, and a locking mechanism, an unlocking mechanism, and a button mechanism all arranged inside the circuit breaker housing, and an operating mechanism connected to the button mechanism, to drive the circuit breaker to switch on/switch off; the locking mechanism includes a first locking member with one end protruding outside the circuit breaker housing, and the circuit breaker housing comprises a locking member opening co-operated with the first locking member; the unlocking mechanism includes an independent pulling member drivingly co-operated with the first locking member, when the circuit breaker is in the switch-off state, one end of the first locking member protrudes outside the circuit breaker housing from the locking member opening, and pulling the pulling member enables the first locking member to retract into the inside of the circuit breaker housing.

A circuit breaker includes an electromechanical switch, a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a processor. The electromechanical switch is serially connected between a line input terminal and a load output terminal of the circuit breaker, and configured to be placed in a switched-closed state or a switched-open state. The current sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of current flowing in a path between the line input and load output terminals and generate a current sense signal. The voltage sensor is configured to sense a magnitude of voltage at a point on the path between the line input and load output terminals and generate a voltage sense signal. The processor is configured to receive and process the current sense signal and the voltage sense signal to determine operational status information of the circuit breaker and determine power usage information of a load connected to the load output terminal.

Motor control centers have units or buckets with an extendable/retractable power connection (stab) assembly and one or more operating lever interlocks that include a unit latch to latch to a cabinet and a power connection position interlock that blocks the handle of the units or buckets based on position of the power connection assembly, optionally also including a shutter cam that slides a shutter right and left.

A protective device including: a plurality of line terminals and a plurality of load terminals a circuit interrupter including a solenoid and a set of interrupting contacts that connect at least one line terminal and at least one load terminal in a reset state and disconnect the at least one line terminal and the at least one load terminal in a tripped state; a voltage detection element configured to detect voltage across the plurality of line terminals and generate a line voltage rejection signal when greater than a predetermined overvoltage; a reset assembly including a reset button and a reset switch operatively coupled to the reset button; and a reset prevention mechanism configured to prevent the circuit interrupter from entering the reset state when the reset signal is absent.