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Circuit breaker with an incorporated varistor

US5164559A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 1991
Grant dateNov 17, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H33/161
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An SF.sub.6 circuit breaker having a varistor incorporated in line with its interrupting chamber in which insertion of the varistor on opening and closing is performed by coaxial translation of two electrodes outside and around the main contacts.

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