Contactor with arc guides and protection integrated into the arc guides, corresponding system and aircraft

A contactor intended to be used in an electrical power distribution system within an aircraft and including a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, and a movable bridge displaceable between a so-called closed position in which the movable bridge is in contact with the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact, and a so-called open position in which the movable bridge is spaced apart from the first electrical contact and from the second electrical contact, the movable bridge having a first face intended to be in contact with the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact in the closed position, and a second face opposite the first face,

• the contactor further including:
• a lower arc guide comprising a first portion connected to the first electrical contact, extending in the opposite direction to the second electrical contact with respect to the first electrical contact, and a second portion connected to the second electrical contact, extending in the direction opposite the first electrical contact with respect to the second electrical contact,
• an upper arc guide located on the side of the second face of the movable bridge and comprising a first portion facing the first portion of the lower arc guide, a second portion facing the second portion of the lower arc guide, and a fuse connecting the first portion and the second portion of the upper arc guide.