Patent · US Expired

Switch device having an insulating screen inserted between the contacts during breaking

US4659887A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1985
Grant dateApr 21, 1987
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H9/32
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A screened electric switch in which the screen is inserted at high speed between the contacts and in which a mobile shutter with a sealing surface basically fixed relatively to the housing drives the screen with a speed which is a function of the energy of the arc. This switch is applicable to circuit breaking devices designed to check the rise of short-circuit currents or high steady-state rated currents.

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