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US 11,456,123 B2Granted
Switching device
AssigneeTDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsRobert Hoffmann, Frank Werner, Peter Bobert
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Abstract
A switching device is disclosed. In an embodiment a switching device includes at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact, wherein at least one of the contacts includes a metal matrix composite material having a metallic matrix material and a filler dispersed within the matrix material, and wherein the contacts are arranged in a switching chamber with a gas and the gas contains H2.
Claims23
A switching device comprising:
- at least two fixed contacts;
- and
- at least one movable continuous contact bridge configured to mechanically contact each of the two fixed contacts in an active state,
- wherein the two fixed contacts and the contact bridge are arranged in a switching chamber configured to contain a gas comprising H2, and
- wherein one fixed contact of the two fixed contacts and the contact bridge are formed completely from a metal matrix composite material comprising a metallic matrix material and a filler dispersed within the metallic matrix material.
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A switching device comprising:
- at least two fixed contacts;
- and
- at least one movable continuous contact bridge configured to mechanically contact each of the two fixed contacts in an active state,
- wherein at least one of the contacts includes a metal matrix composite material comprising a metallic matrix material and a filler dispersed within the metallic matrix material,
- wherein the contacts are arranged in a switching chamber configured to contain a gas comprising H2, and
- wherein the movable contact bridge is formed completely from the metal matrix composite material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.