Switching device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorKARSTEN FREUNDT
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Abstract
A switching device includes a contact system having a movable contact to be moved along a movement direction, a stationary contact and an improved arc quenching device with a configuration for generating a magnetic field formed in a plane perpendicular to the movement direction and an electrode configuration having a first electrode conductively connected to the movable contact and a second electrode conductively connected to the stationary contact. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed in such a way that an electric field can be generated between the first electrode and the second electrode perpendicularly to the direction of movement and perpendicularly to the magnetic field.
Claims7
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A switching device, comprising:
- a contact system having a movable contact being movable along a movement direction and a stationary contact;
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- an arc quenching device having a configuration for generating a magnetic field in a plane perpendicular to said movement direction and an electrode configuration having a first electrode being conductively connected to said movable contact and a second electrode being conductively connected to said stationary contact;
- said first electrode and said second electrode being disposed for forming an electric field between said first electrode and said second electrode perpendicular to said movement direction and perpendicular to said magnetic field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.