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Switching device and switching arrangement

US11705289B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited · IE

Inventors

Lutz Friedrichsen · Cologne, DE
Volker Lang · Gauting, DE
Johannes Meissner · Bonn, DE
Julia Otte · Cologne, DE
Madeline Philipsohn · Eitorf, DE
Gerd Schmitz · Niederkassel, DE
Kai Schroeder · Niederkassel, DE
Ute Molitor · Bonn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 2019
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H2009/365
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switching device includes: a first and a second fixed contact; a contact bridge; a first movable contact and a second movable contact that are arranged at the contact bridge; a first terminal contact on which the first fixed contact is mounted; and a second terminal contact on which the second fixed contact is mounted. The first fixed contact is in contact with the first movable contact and the second fixed contact is in contact with the second movable contact in a switched-on state of the switching device. The first fixed contact is free of contact with the first movable contact and the second fixed contact is free of contact with the second movable contact in a switched-off state of the switching device. A path of a load current flowing through the contact bridge between the first and second movable contacts in the switched-on state extends in a first plane.

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