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US 12,683,097 B2Granted
Device for extinguishing arcs in an electrical circuit
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsGabriel Lantz, Matthias Bator, Julien Rault
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Abstract
A device for extinguishing arcs in an electrical circuit includes a first arc chamber configured to divide a first part of an arc into a plurality of subsidiary arcs, a second arc chamber configured to divide a second part of the arc into a plurality of subsidiary arcs; wherein the first arc chamber and the second arc chamber are connected by a connection element configured to guide the second part of the arc from the first arc chamber to the second arc chamber.
Claims12
A device for extinguishing arcs in an electrical circuit, comprising:
- a first arc chamber configured to divide a first part of an arc into a plurality of subsidiary arcs,
- a second arc chamber configured to divide a second part of the arc into a plurality of subsidiary arcs;
- wherein the first arc chamber and the second arc chamber are connected by a connection element configured to guide the second part of the arc from the first arc chamber to the second arc chamber;
- wherein the connection element is a double curved splitter plate that solely guides the second part of the arc;
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- wherein the double curved splitter plate comprises a u-shape in a side view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.