Abstract: A reset plunger may include a reset plunger having an intermediate collar and an armature that is axially movable along a length of the reset plunger, wherein the armature contains a slanted projection feature configured to engage with a latching mechanism, wherein the latching mechanism includes a cam surface coupled to a lifting plate; and wherein the lifting plate included a latching portion configured to engage the reset plunger during resetting of the electrical outlet.

Abstract: A device may include a housing including a face plate. A device may include a plurality of sensing cores each configured to receive a current flow through a center cavity, the current flow defining a current flow direction through the center cavity, wherein the current flow direction is parallel to the face plate.

Abstract: A device may include a housing including a face plate. A device may include a plurality of sensing cores each configured to receive a current flow through a center cavity, the current flow defining a current flow direction through the center cavity, wherein the current flow direction is parallel to the face plate.

Abstract: An electrical outlet receptacle including a circuit board defining a first plane and a solenoid having a central axis perpendicular to the first plane. The electrical outlet receptacle further including a reset plunger with a portion extending through the first end of the solenoid and axially movable therein, and an armature movable axially along the portion of the reset plunger extending through the solenoid. Wherein the armature includes a slanted projection configured to contact a cam surface of a slide mechanism and provide the downward force on the cam surface.

Abstract: An electrical outlet receptacle including a circuit board defining a first plane and a solenoid having a central axis perpendicular to the first plane. The electrical outlet receptacle further including a reset plunger with a portion extending through the first end of the solenoid and axially movable therein, and an armature movable axially along the portion of the reset plunger extending through the solenoid. Wherein the armature includes a slanted projection configured to contact a cam surface of a slide mechanism and provide the downward force on the cam surface.

Abstract: An electrical outlet receptacle including a circuit board, a set of fixed contacts and a set of movable contacts, a solenoid, a carriage, a lifting shelf, a slide mechanism, a reset plunger, and an armature.

Abstract: An electrical outlet receptacle including a circuit board, a set of fixed contacts and a set of movable contacts, a solenoid, a carriage, a lifting shelf, a slide mechanism, a reset plunger, and an armature.

Abstract: A resettable switching apparatus, useful in a GFCI receptacle, has a housing with a face plate and at least one sense transformer core positioned to define a current flow direction through a center cavity that is parallel to the face plate. The GFCI receptacle further includes a space-efficient coaxial configuration in which a mechanical latching arrangement for resetting (i.e., closing) main switch contacts is disposed inside the trip solenoid. A movable carriage for the main contacts spans one end of the solenoid and has a latching portion in the solenoid that engages the inner end of a reset plunger in two sequential states (i.e., unlatched and latched). The mechanical latching arrangement comprises a cam surface coupled to a lifting plate, which is connected to the carriage of the GFCI receptacle. The cam surface is responsible for translating a downward movement to a translational movement to engage the carriage to the rest plunger.

Abstract: A resettable switching apparatus, useful in a GFCI receptacle, has a housing with a face plate and at least one sense transformer core positioned to define a current flow direction through a center cavity that is parallel to the face plate. The GFCI receptacle further includes a space-efficient coaxial configuration in which a mechanical latching arrangement for resetting (i.e., closing) main switch contacts is disposed inside the trip solenoid. A movable carriage for the main contacts spans one end of the solenoid and has a latching portion in the solenoid that engages the inner end of a reset plunger in two sequential states (i.e., unlatched and latched). The mechanical latching arrangement comprises a cam surface coupled to a lifting plate, which is connected to the carriage of the GFCI receptacle. The cam surface is responsible for translating a downward movement to a translational movement to engage the carriage to the rest plunger.