Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Panel wire install indicator of a residential circuit breaker
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Application No.: US16553582Application Date: 2019-08-28
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Publication No.: US10763067B1Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Russell Thomas Watford , Brian Timothy McCoy
- Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Main IPC: H01R13/641
- IPC: H01R13/641 ; H01H71/04 ; H01R4/30 ; H01H71/10

Abstract:
A residential circuit breaker is provided with means for showing proper installation of a panel wire to ensure that an installer/a contractor is aware that the panel wire has been fully inserted into a circuit breaker lug. The residential circuit breaker comprises a circuit breaker lug having a lug body and a lug body screw. The residential circuit breaker further comprises a panel wire install indicator to indicate proper insertion of a panel wire in the lug body by providing a visual indication to an installer/contractor that the panel wire has been fully inserted in the circuit breaker lug during and after installation. The panel wire install indicator includes a panel wire indicator lever wherein the panel wire indicator lever can indicate if the panel wire has been installed properly and wherein there is a visual indication if the panel wire is no longer present in the lug body.
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