Switchable contacting device with cooling functionality
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsVolker LANG, Lutz FRIEDRICHSEN, Kai SCHROEDER, Gabriel WIEDERA, Alexej POGORELOV
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Abstract
A switchable contacting device with cooling functionality comprises a current-carrying component, a housing for encasing the current-carrying component, and a heat dissipating component. The heat dissipating component is arranged to dissipate heat from the current-carrying component outside the housing. The switchable contacting device allows to realize an internal passive cooling, an internal active cooling, an external passive cooling, and an external active cooling.
Claims6
A switchable contacting device with cooling functionality, comprising:
- a current-carrying component,
- a housing for encasing the current-carrying component, and
- a heat dissipating component,
- wherein the heat dissipating component is arranged to dissipate heat from the current-carrying component outside the housing,
- wherein the current carrying component comprises a movable contact device and a stationary contact device,
- wherein the stationary contact device has a first section located inside the housing and a second section located outside the housing,
- wherein the heat dissipating component is arranged inside the housing between the first section of the stationary contact device and the housing,
- wherein the heat dissipating component is configured as a thermally conductive pad.
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