# US 12,224,147 B2 · Breaker and contactor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,147 B2 - Document ID: US12224147B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/788,919 - Filed: 2020-12-24 - Published: 2023-02-02 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-24 - Assignees: Schneider Electric Industries SAS - Applicants: Schneider Electric Industries SAS - Inventors: Yuanzhong Wang; Jiaren Xiao; Xuedong Xia; Francois Chaudot; Omer Karaagac; Jean-Paul Gonnet - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224147B2 ## CPC - H01H 9/34: Stationary parts for restricting or subdividing the arc, e.g. barrier plate - H01H 50/546: {for contactors having bridging contacts} - H01H 50/60: moving contact being rigidly combined with movable part of magnetic circuit {(for polarised relays H01H51/2254, H01H51/2281)} - H01H 73/18: Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc {(magnet coil acting as blow-out device H01H71/38)} - H01H 1/20: Bridging contacts {(for circuit breakers H01H73/045)} - H01H 9/443: {using permanent magnets} - H01H 9/46: using arcing horns (using blow-out magnet H01H9/44) - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) ## Abstract A breaker is provided including: a first stationary contact having a first stationary contact portion; a movable contact having a first movable contact portion; an actuating member to actuate the movable contact; a first arc extinguishing device; a first arc running piece extending from a first arc running end portion arranged adjacent to the first stationary contact portion to a second arc running end portion through the first arc extinguishing device; and an arc guiding piece having a first arc guiding section extending in the first direction, the first arc guiding section being arranged between the movable contact and the first arc extinguishing device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second arc running end portion and the first arc guiding section are arranged at opposite sides of the first arc extinguishing device in the second direction. A contactor including the breaker is further provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A breaker comprising: a first stationary contact, comprising a first stationary contact portion; a movable contact, comprising a first movable contact portion; an actuating member, connected to the movable contact to actuate the movable contact to move in a first direction between an open position and a closed position, at the open position, the first movable contact portion being spaced apart from the first stationary contact portion, at the closed portion, the first movable contact portion being in contact with the first stationary contact portion; a first arc extinguishing device, comprising a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets; a first arc running piece, extending from a first arc running end portion of the first arc running piece arranged adjacent to the first stationary contact portion to a second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece through the first arc extinguishing device, to guide an electric arc from the first stationary contact to the first arc extinguishing device; and an arc guiding piece comprising a first arc guiding section extending in the first direction, the first arc guiding section being arranged between the movable contact and the first arc extinguishing device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, to guide an electric arc from the movable contact to the first arc extinguishing device, wherein the second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece and the first arc guiding section are arranged at opposite sides of the first arc extinguishing device in the second direction, wherein in the second direction, a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the first arc guiding section and the arc extinguishing grid sheets, wherein the first movable contact portion is a flat surface; upon the movable contact being at the open position, the first movable contact portion is closer to the first stationary contact than the arc guiding piece in the first direction, and upon the movable contact being at the open position, a shortest distance between the first movable contact portion and the arc guiding piece in the first direction is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section in the second direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The breaker according to claim 1, further comprising: a housing, completely accommodating the movable contact, the first arc extinguishing device, the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece, and accommodating at least a part of the actuating member and the first stationary contact, wherein the actuating member extends to an outside of the housing in the first direction, and the first stationary contact extends to the outside of the housing in the second direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The breaker according to claim 2, wherein the first stationary contact comprises a first parallel section, a second parallel section, and a contact curved section connecting the first parallel section and the second parallel section, the first parallel section extends in the housing in the second direction, and the second parallel section extends out of the housing in the second direction, the first stationary contact portion is arranged on the first parallel section of the first stationary contact. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The breaker according to claim 3, further comprising: a first magnetic resistance piece, wherein the first magnetic resistance piece is positioned between the first parallel section and the second parallel section of the first stationary contact in the first direction, and the first magnetic resistance piece extends in the second direction and is spaced apart from the first parallel section by a distance of less than 0.5 mm in the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The breaker according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets are spaced apart in the second direction, and extend into sheets in the first direction and a third direction, the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, each of the arc extinguishing grid sheets is provided with a notch, the first arc running piece extends from the first arc running end portion to the second arc running end portion and extends away from the first stationary contact portion in both the first direction and the second direction, and the first arc running piece extends through notches of the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The breaker according to claim 1, wherein the first arc running piece is rounded L-shaped. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The breaker according to claim 1, wherein the first arc running end portion is welded to a free end of the first stationary contact close to the first stationary contact portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The breaker according to claim 1, wherein the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion are both flat surfaces, and a distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is the shortest in the first direction; in the first direction, the distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is approximately equal to a distance between the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion upon the movable contact being at the open position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The breaker according to claim 1, further comprising: a second stationary contact, comprising a second stationary contact portion; a second arc extinguishing device; and a second arc running piece configured to guide an electric arc from the second stationary contact to the second arc extinguishing device, wherein the movable contact further comprises a second movable contact portion, at the open position, the second movable contact portion being spaced apart from the second stationary contact portion, and at the closed position, the second movable contact portion being in contact with the second stationary contact portion contact, the arc guiding piece further comprises a second arc guiding section extending in the first direction, the second arc guiding section is configured to guide an electric arc from the movable contact to the second arc extinguishing device, the first stationary contact and the second stationary contact, the movable contact, the first arc running piece and the second arc running piece, the arc guiding piece, the first arc extinguishing device and the second arc extinguishing device are in mirror arrangement with respect to an axis in the first direction, the arc guiding piece, the movable contact and the actuating member are formed to be axisymmetric. ### Claim 10 A contactor comprising: a breaker comprising: a first stationary contact, comprising a first stationary contact portion; a movable contact, comprising a first movable contact portion; an actuating member, connected to the movable contact to actuate the movable contact to move in a first direction between an open position and a closed position, at the open position, the first movable contact portion being spaced apart from the first stationary contact portion, at the closed portion, the first movable contact portion being in contact with the first stationary contact portion; a first arc extinguishing device, comprising a plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets; a first arc running piece, extending from a first arc running end portion of the first arc running piece arranged adjacent to the first stationary contact portion to a second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece through the first arc extinguishing device, to guide an electric arc from the first stationary contact to the first arc extinguishing device; and an arc guiding piece comprising a first arc guiding section extending in the first direction, the first arc guiding section being arranged between the movable contact and the first arc extinguishing device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, to guide an electric arc from the movable contact to the first arc extinguishing device, wherein the second arc running end portion of the first arc running piece and the first arc guiding section are arranged at opposite sides of the first arc extinguishing device in the second direction, wherein in the second direction, a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the first arc guiding section and the arc extinguishing grid sheets, wherein the first movable contact portion is a flat surface; upon the movable contact being at the open position, the first movable contact portion is closer to the first stationary contact than the arc guiding piece in the first direction, and upon the movable contact being at the open position, a shortest distance between the first movable contact portion and the arc guiding piece in the first direction is approximately equal to a shortest distance between the movable contact and the first arc guiding section in the second direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The breaker according to claim 10, wherein the breaker further comprises: a housing, completely accommodating the movable contact, the first arc extinguishing device, the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece, and accommodating at least a part of the actuating member and the first stationary contact, wherein the actuating member extends to an outside of the housing in the first direction, and the first stationary contact extends to the outside of the housing in the second direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The breaker according to claim 11, wherein the first stationary contact comprises a first parallel section, a second parallel section, and a contact curved section connecting the first parallel section and the second parallel section, the first parallel section extends in the housing in the second direction, and the second parallel section extends out of the housing in the second direction, the first stationary contact portion is arranged on the first parallel section of the first stationary contact. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The breaker according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets are spaced apart in the second direction, and extend into sheets in the first direction and a third direction, the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, each of the arc extinguishing grid sheets is provided with a notch, the first arc running piece extends from the first arc running end portion to the second arc running end portion and extends away from the first stationary contact portion in both the first direction and the second direction, and the first arc running piece extends through notches of the plurality of arc extinguishing grid sheets. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The breaker according to claim 10, wherein the first arc running piece is rounded L-shaped. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The breaker according to claim 10, wherein the first arc running end portion is welded to a free end of the first stationary contact close to the first stationary contact portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The breaker according to claim 10, wherein the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion are both flat surfaces, and a distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is the shortest in the first direction; in the first direction, the distance between the first arc running piece and the arc guiding piece is approximately equal to a distance between the first movable contact portion and the first stationary contact portion upon the movable contact being at the open position.