Ronald Lee Rowe

US Patent:

7623011, Nov 24, 2009

Filed:

Oct 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/249049

Inventors:

Ronald Lee Rowe - Clemmons NC, US
John Larkin Nelson - Lewisville NC, US

Assignee:

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

H01H 75/00
H01H 3/00

US Classification:

335 6, 335 68, 335172, 335174, 335175, 200330, 200331

Abstract:

A device for remotely operating a circuit breaker apparatus is provided. Such a circuit breaker apparatus includes a trip device and a reset device that are externally accessible with respect to an enclosure enclosing the circuit breaker apparatus. The device comprises at least one actuator capable of being operably engaged with the circuit breaker apparatus, externally to the enclosure, and in physical engagement with at least one of the trip and reset devices. A remotely disposed controller device is in communication with the at least one actuator and is capable of selectively actuating the at least one actuator, from a remote location with respect to the circuit breaker apparatus, so as to at least one of actuate the trip device to trip the circuit breaker apparatus and actuate the reset device to reset the circuit breaker apparatus. An associated assembly and method are also provided.