US 12,476,063 B2
Spacing bracket for circuit breaker mounted to circuit board
Michael Fasano, Watertown, CT (US)
Assigned to Carling Technologies, Inc., Plainville, CT (US)
Filed by Carling Technologies, Inc., Plainville, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/214,034.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/356,760, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0006140 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01H 71/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 71/0264 (2013.01) [H05K 1/0256 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a circuit board having at least two conductor traces formed thereon, each of the conductor traces having at least one hole associated therewith;
a circuit breaker having at least two conductive terminals, each of the conductive terminals having a threaded opening, the threaded openings being aligned with the holes formed in said circuit board;
a spacing bracket comprising a floor positioned between said circuit board and said circuit breaker when said circuit breaker is attached to said circuit board, the floor having at least two terminal receiving openings passing therethrough, the openings separated from one another by a barrier and being aligned with the threaded openings of said circuit breaker and the holes of said circuit board;
wherein said spacing bracket further comprises an affixation member that affixes said spacing bracket to at least one of the printed circuit board and the circuit breaker; and
at least two screws, each screw passing through one of the holes in said printed circuit board and one of the terminal receiving openings in said spacing bracket and engaging one of the threaded openings of the terminals of the circuit breaker, such that the screws clamp said circuit breaker, said spacing bracket and said circuit board together in an assembled configuration.