US 12,244,122 B2
Arc mitigation apparatus and systems for panelboard applications
Xin Zhou, Wexford, PA (US); Joe W. Kirstein, Lexington, SC (US); and William Michael Crooks, Sumter, SC (US)
Assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/487,815.
Application 18/487,815 is a division of application No. 17/507,017, filed on Oct. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,791,611.
Application 17/507,017 is a division of application No. 16/419,627, filed on May 22, 2019, granted, now 11,183,817, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0106204 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H01T 2/02 (2006.01); H01T 4/02 (2006.01); H01T 4/04 (2006.01); H02H 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01T 2/02 (2013.01) [H01T 4/02 (2013.01); H01T 4/04 (2013.01); H02H 9/06 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing having a molded circuit breaker housing form factor;
first, second and third bus bars in the housing and having respective terminals for connection to first, second and third phase conductors;
a first fault generation device in the housing and connected between the first and second bus bars; and
a second fault generation device in the housing and connected between the second and third bus bars,
wherein at least one of the first and second fault generation devices comprises:
an arc containment chamber;
first and second electrodes within the arc containment chamber; and
a trigger conductor conforming to and affixed to a sidewall of the first electrode and extending onto an end of the first electrode that adjoins the sidewall and faces an end of the second electrode.