MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311084233 A) filed by Schneider Electric India Private Limited, New Delhi, on Dec. 11, 2023, for 'draw-out interlock safety mechanism for a circuit breaker.'
Inventor(s) include Kumar, Samir; and S, Lakshmi Priyaa.
The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a safety interlock mechanism (100) that includes a draw-out interlock element (104) positioned on an upper base of an electrically operating mechanism (EOM) (114). The draw-out interlock element configured to selectively obstruct a slot 108 of a draw-out mechanism. A handle (102) is inserted into the slot of the draw-out mechanism to rack-in and rack-out a circuit breaker, thereby connecting or disconnecting the circuit breaker from a main supply, wherein the draw-out interlock element (104) obstructs the slot (108) through which the handle (102) is inserted to restrict the operation of the draw-out mechanism when the circuit breaker is in ON condition, thereby mitigating possibility of an electrical hazard."
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