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US 10,319,538 B1Granted
Interrupter having unitary external terminal and internal contact
AssigneeInnovative Switchgear IP, LLC
InventorRoger L. Schafer
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed comprising an interrupter and a first internal contact disposed within the interrupter; wherein an external terminal of the interrupter is configured for serving as a terminal in a switching mechanism; and wherein the first internal contact and the external terminal form opposite ends of a unitary conductive bar.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a vacuum interrupter comprising a vacuum interrupter container;
- a first internal contact of the vacuum interrupter disposed within the vacuum interrupter container;
- an external electrical terminal of the vacuum interrupter disposed outside of the vacuum interrupter container and capable of serving as a contact point for opening and closing a switching mechanism during operation;
- wherein the first internal contact and the external electrical terminal form opposite ends of a unitary conductive bar.
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A method comprising:
- disposing a first end of a unitary conductive bar of a vacuum interrupter so as to be within a vacuum interrupter container;
- disposing a second end of the unitary conductive bar so as to be outside of the vacuum interrupter container;
- wherein the first end of the unitary conductive bar is configured to serve as a first internal contact of the vacuum interrupter;
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- wherein the second end of the unitary conductive bar is configured to serve as an external electrical terminal of the vacuum interrupter;
- wherein the external electrical terminal is capable of serving as a contact point for opening and closing a switching mechanism during operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.