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Electrical switch

US11107642B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 2020
Grant dateAug 31, 2021
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2300/018
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The electrical switch includes a first and a second fixed contact, and a movable knife contact including at least one longitudinal pair of blades being flexibly connected to each other, wherein the blades form, in a switching event, contact with contact portions of the first and/or the second fixed contact. Opposite surfaces of the contact portions of the first and the second fixed contact include a roughened area and the inner surface of each blade includes a protruded area or opposite surfaces of the contact portions of the first and the second fixed contact include a protruded area and the inner surface of each blade includes a roughened area.

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