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Electric contact device with liquid conductors

US4348570A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 9, 1980
Grant dateSep 7, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 9, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H29/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This electric contact device is a variant of those described in Anizan et al., French Pat. No. 2,385,208. The composite unit formed by the insulating coating and the conducting material form a single insulator-conductor unit. The electrical duct penetrates the insulation to reach the conductor. The composite unit is made of enamelled metal, a metal on which insulation is deposited by "shoopage" (a process apparently involving the deposit of a vaporized metal) or of a cermet (ceramic alloy) from whose surface the metallic phase has been eliminated. The duct may be cylindrical, a groove, or grooves crossing at a right angle. Usable for many types of electric contact.

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