Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Anton Scharf

Ludwig Niebler

Rudolf Kinzler

A method for producing a switching device with a switching device with a switching structure (). The method includes producing a molded part, which includes a cage formed by opposing first sidewalls () and a bottom wall () integrally connecting the first sidewalls, and second sidewalls () integrally connected to the cage assembly, severing the molded part at a point where the second sidewalls are connected to the cage, and inserting the cage and the severed second sidewalls into a bottom part such that a defined gap () is left, respectively, between the cage and the second sidewalls.

Method for producing a switching device

The invention relates to a switching device with a switching structure (), which includes a cage assembly () having two opposite first sidewalls () and a bottom wall () integrally connecting the first sidewalls. The cage assembly () is at least partly configured as a cage () in which a slide () is displaceably arranged. A moving contact bridge () associated with stationary contact members is held in an opening () of the slide () under the pressure of a contact pressure spring (). A clearance () is provided between the two first sidewalls () for the displacement of the contact bridge (). A limit stop () is provided to retain the slide (). Arcing chambers () formed by insulating second sidewalls () form part of the switching structure (). The second sidewalls () delimit a volume that contains the opening arcs, and the second sidewalls () are arranged on opposite sides of the cage assembly () including the cage () such that they are respectively separated therefrom by a gap ().

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Ebermannsdorf, Germany

Anton Scharf