US 11,870,239 B2
Electrical wiring device
Zhouxiang He, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,916.
Application 17/942,916 is a continuation of application No. 17/135,298, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,444,449.
Application 17/135,298 is a continuation of application No. 16/133,557, filed on Sep. 17, 2018, granted, now 10,879,688, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 16/133,557 is a continuation of application No. 14/922,871, filed on Oct. 26, 2015, granted, now 10,079,484, issued on Sep. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/199,953, filed on Jul. 31, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2902573 (CA), filed on Aug. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074084 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02H 3/00 (2006.01); H02H 3/16 (2006.01); H01H 83/04 (2006.01); H01H 71/04 (2006.01)
CPC H02H 3/162 (2013.01) [H01H 83/04 (2013.01); H01H 2071/044 (2013.01); H01H 2083/045 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A circuit interrupting device comprising:
an input conductor for electrically connecting to an external power supply;
a load conductor for electrically connecting to a load, the load conductor including a load terminal;
a face conductor for electrically connecting to an external load, the face conductor including a face terminal; and
a brush conductor in electrical communication with the input conductor and movable between a closed position and an open position, the brush conductor including a first portion supporting a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal configured to contact the load terminal and the second terminal configured to contact the face terminal, the brush conductor including a second portion offset from the first portion such that the first portion and the second portion are positioned in separate planes, the brush conductor including a bridge connected between the first portion and the second portion, movement of the brush conductor to the closed position causing deflection of the bridge, deflection of the bridge creating a moment to provide a contact force on the first terminal.