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Switching device suitable for direct current operation

US9129761B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EATON ELECTRICAL IP GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Karsten Gerving · Bonn, DE
Volker Lang · Gauting, DE
Johannes Meissner · Bonn, DE
Ralf Thar · Sankt Augustin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2013
Grant date	Sep 8, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H33/182
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switching device includes at least a first current path and a second current path, each of which have a first connection and a second connection, whereby the first connections are arranged on the first side of the switching device and the second connections on the second side of the switching device, each current path has at least one contact pair, that has a first contact and a second contact, whereby at least the second contact is arranged on a contact member that is movable to the first contact and whereby in the switched-on status of the switching device, both the contacts are in contact with each other, each contact pair has at least one extinguishing device, whereby the extinguishing devices of both the current paths are arranged in a direction from the first connections to the second connections, behind one another and at least partly covering each other.

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