PORTABLE CIRCUIT-BREAKER TRIPPER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME

• US 20160211101A1
• Filed: 01/05/2016
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gregory Thomas Joao, Raymond Anthony Joao, Stephen Raymond Anderson
• Original Assignee: Gregory Thomas Joao, Raymond Anthony Joao
• Inventors: JOAO, RAYMOND ANTHONY, JOAO, GREGORY THOMAS, ANDERSON, STEPHEN RAYMOND
• Application Number:
  US14/988,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20160211101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3275 Fault detection or status indication
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3277 of low voltage devices, e.g. domestic or industrial devices, such as motor protections, relays, rotation switches
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/037 using organic materials, e.g. organic LED
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 71/02 Housings; Casings; Bases; Mountings
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 71/04 Means for indicating condition of the switching device by means of an auxiliary contact H01H71/46
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 71/122 actuated by blowing of a fuse

Abstract

An apparatus, including an electrical plug or a plurality of external electrical connectors; a first circuit, wherein the first circuit is an open circuit or an essentially open circuit; a second circuit, wherein the second circuit includes an indicator for indicating an electrical current flow in the second circuit; a third circuit, wherein the third circuit is designed to open a fuse or to trip a circuit breaker; and an electrical switch. The electrical switch is electrically connected to the electrical plug or to the plurality of external electrical connectors, wherein the electrical switch is capable of connecting the electrical plug or the plurality of external electrical connectors to the first circuit, to the second circuit, or to the third circuit.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an electrical plug or a plurality of external electrical connectors;

a first circuit, wherein the first circuit is an open circuit or an essentially open circuit;

a second circuit, wherein the second circuit includes an indicator for indicating an electrical current flow in the second circuit;

a third circuit, wherein the third circuit is designed to open a fuse or to trip a circuit breaker; and

an electrical switch, wherein the electrical switch is electrically connected to the electrical plug or to the plurality of external electrical connectors, wherein the electrical switch is capable of connecting the electrical plug or the plurality of external electrical connectors to the first circuit, to the second circuit, or to the third circuit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a heat sink.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the third circuit is coupled to the heat sink.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the third circuit is thermally coupled to the heat sink.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indicator is a light emitting diode, an organic light emitting diode, a buzzer, a speaker, or an alarm.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a housing; and

an insulating material, wherein the housing houses the first circuit, the second circuit, and the third circuit, and the insulating material.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a switch dial, wherein the switch dial is electrically connected to the electrical switch, and further wherein the switch dial is mounted on an exterior of the housing.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of external electrical connectors contains at least one alligator clip.

9. A method for opening a circuit protected by a circuit breaker with a portable circuit-breaker tripping apparatus, comprising:

setting a switch on the portable circuit-breaker tripper apparatus to a first position corresponding to an open circuit;

plugging the portable circuit-breaker tripper apparatus into an electrical outlet;

setting the switch to a second position for testing whether the electrical outlet is providing electrical power; and

setting the switch to a third position, wherein the third position causes a circuit breaker associated with a circuit associated with the electrical outlet to open or trip.

10. A method for opening a circuit protected by a circuit breaker with a portable circuit-breaker tripping apparatus, comprising:

setting a switch on the portable circuit-breaker tripper apparatus to a first position corresponding to an open circuit;

attaching an electrical connector or electrical connectors across an electrical circuit;

setting the switch to a second position for testing whether the electrical circuit is providing electrical power; and

setting the switch to a third position, wherein the third position causes a circuit breaker associated with the electrical circuit to open or trip.