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Switching apparatus protected against short circuit currents

US4733031A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 6, 1986
Grant dateMar 22, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 6, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2089/065
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contactor apparatus is provided protected against short circuit currents, comprising for each phase between input and output terminals a contactor switch and a protective switch with automatic opening, a transfer electrode being placed close to the contacts of this second switch for shunting into a parallel circuit a considerable fraction of the fault currents.

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