US 2026/0094772 A1Published application

Contactor

AssigneesTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Co., Ltd.

InventorsKevin (Xujia) Wang, Zesheng Jiang, Quarry (Bingfeng) Qu, Yisong Wu, Wenpei Qin, Lizhong Wang, Xingzhuo (Michael) Li

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Abstract

A contactor includes an upper insulation shell, a pair of static contacts, a movable contact, a driving assembly, an insulation bracket and a microswitch. The upper insulation shell has an arc extinguishing chamber. The pair of static contacts are fixed to the upper insulation shell. The movable contact is arranged in the arc extinguishing chamber and is movable between a closed position and an open position. The driving assembly is arranged in the arc extinguishing chamber, and drives the movable contact to move between the closed position and the open position. The insulation bracket is installed into the arc extinguishing chamber and is formed with a receiving chamber separated from the arc extinguishing chamber. The microswitch is installed in the receiving chamber of the insulation bracket. The driving assembly has a pressing part for pressing the microswitch when the movable contact is moved to the closed position.

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Dependent claims

A contactor, comprising:

an upper insulation shell formed with an arc extinguishing chamber;
a pair of static contacts fixed to the upper insulation shell and extending into the arc extinguishing chamber;
a movable contact arranged in the arc extinguishing chamber and movable between a closed position in electrical contact with the static contact and an open position in electrical separation from the static contact;
a movable driving assembly arranged in the arc extinguishing chamber and adapted to drive the movable contact to move between the closed position and the open position;
an insulation bracket installed into the arc extinguishing chamber of the upper insulation shell and formed with a receiving chamber separated from the arc extinguishing chamber;
and
a microswitch installed in the receiving chamber of the insulation bracket, the driving assembly including a pressing part for pressing the microswitch, wherein the microswitch is pressed by the pressing part when the movable contact is moved to the closed position, and is not in contact with the pressing part when the movable contact is moved to the open position.

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