MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311080002 A) filed by Schneider Electric India Private Limited, New Delhi, on Nov. 24, 2023, for 'safety interlock to prevent padlocking in on state of circuit breaker with motor operator.'
Inventor(s) include Kumar, Samir; and S, Lakshmi Priyaa.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a safety interlock mechanism (100) that includes a padlock interlock element (104) accommodated on a side plate (102) and configured to interact with a padlock (114). A slider (112) is coupled to the padlock (114) and a slider slot (116) coupled to the slider (112) is configured to guide and restrict the path of the slider (112). A rack assembly (108) facilitating the guided linear movement of the rack assembly to a first position and second position (100) in correlation with the rotational motion of a motor operator, wherein locking of the padlock when the circuit breaker is in off-state, securing the motor operator and unlocking of the padlock when the circuit breaker is in on and trip state, limiting the padlocking of the motor operator."
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