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Switching device for switching an electrical load

US11742166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TDK Electronics AG · JP

Inventors

Robert Hoffmann · Berlin, DE
Jonas Weinhardt · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H50/36
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment a switching device includes a first fixed contact element, a second fixed contact element, a movable contact bridge, a movable shaft configured to move the contact bridge, wherein the contact bridge is arranged at an end of the shaft, wherein the shaft is movable to a first position at which the contact bridge contacts the first and second contact elements, and wherein the shaft is movable to a second position at which the contact bridge is arranged at a distance from the first and second contact elements and a setting device configured to set the distance between the contact bridge and the first and second contact elements in the second position, wherein the setting device is arranged at the end of the shaft, and wherein the switching device is configured to switch an electrical load.

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