Electrical contact breaker switch, integrated electrical contact breaker switch, and electrical contact switching method
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorsYou Kondoh, Mitsuchika Saito, Yoshikatsu Ichimura
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Abstract
An electrical contact breaker switch has a cavity or space that forms first and second chambers and a plurality of channels. The switch also has at least two solid electrodes formed with electrode components exposed apart from each other within the cavity. A conductive fluid held within the cavity functions as a contact for putting the electrode components of two specific solid electrodes in a “closed” state when in contiguous form and in an “open” state when in non-contiguous form. A form modification unit, which includes the first and second chambers, modifies the form of the conductive fluid.
Claims20
An electrical contact breaker switch that operates substantially independently of orientation, comprising:
- a cavity, including a first channel and a second channel;
- a pair of electrode components separated from each other, each electrode component having at least a portion within the cavity;
- a conductive fluid, held within the first channel, that functions as a contact for putting the electrode components in a “closed” state when in contiguous form and in an “open” state when in non-contiguous form;
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- a non-conductive fluid supplied via the second channel for modifying the form of the conductive fluid between the contiguous form and the non-contiguous form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.