MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411013815 A) filed by Schneider Electric India Private Limited, New Delhi, on Feb. 26, 2024, for 'optimized actuating mechanism for a miniature circuit breaker.'
Inventor(s) include Patil, Rohit Ashok.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to an actuating mechanism (100) of a miniature circuit breaker (MCB), the actuating mechanism includes a knob (104) is pivotally mounted in a housing (102). A contact holder (108) securely fastened to a moving contact (110), both pivotally mounted on a kinematic pin (112) within the housing (102). A U-pin (106) responsive to the rotational movement of the knob. A fixed contact (114) affixed to the housing (102) to establish a stable point of contact with the moving contact (110) to ensure reliable and proper electrical connectivity, wherein the rotational operation of the knob (104) configured to facilitate switching the MCB to the close state allowing the moving contact (110) to establish contact with the fixed contact (114), facilitate switching the MCB to the open state and trip state causing the moving contact (110) to separate from the fixed contact (114)."
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