Switching device

Abstract

A switching device comprising a housing, in which a mechanical switch is arranged, which includes a contact bridge, movably supported in an opening direction, which has a moving contact and a connection with a fixed contact. The mechanical switch is designed in such a way that, during a movement of the contact bridge in the opening direction, the moving contact and the fixed contact are moved away from each other, and during a movement of the contact bridge against the opening direction, the fixed contact is approached. The switching device also has an electromechanical drive, which is connected to the contact bridge, and a return spring, with the aid of which a spring force is applied to the contact bridge against the opening direction.

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