Inventors:
Edgar Yee - Chapel Hill NC
Andre Joseph MSadoques - Southington CT
Lloyd Eugene Wentler - Efland NC
David Edward Thorn - Burlington NC
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
H01H 3302
Abstract:
A circuit breaker fitted with an exhaust arc gas manifold arranged over ventilation slots of the circuit breaker and disposed at a line end thereof to redirect the arc exhaust gases exiting the ventilation slots. The exhaust arc gas manifold is fixedly attached to the circuit breaker and includes: an electrically-insulated body having an upper wall and a lower wall joined by a back wall extending generally perpendicular to the upper and lower walls; a pair of electrically-insulated walls extending generally perpendicular from the back wall between the upper and lower walls defining a first section, a second section, and a third section; the first section is closed at a bottom, back and both sides thereof; the second section is closed at a top, bottom and both sides thereof; the third section closed at a bottom, back and both sides thereof; and the upper wall configured to attach the electrically-insulated body to one end of the circuit breaker, wherein exhaust arc gas is emitted from a top of the first and third sections and from a back of said second section.