Littelfuse, Inc.

Sven Loeffelbein

Geoff Schwartz

An electrical contactor including a contactor assembly including a housing, an electromagnet coil and an electrically conductive core disposed within the housing, the core being movable relative to the coil under influence of an electromagnetic force produced by the coil, and an electrically conductive bridge connected to a lower end of the core and movable with the core, an interrupter assembly including a base located below the bridge and having a trench formed in a top surface thereof, an input bus bar and an output bus bar disposed on the base on opposing sides of the trench, and a pyrotechnic interrupter disposed within the trench. The pyrotechnic interrupter may include a plunger and pyrotechnic ignitor disposed below the plunger, wherein, when the pyrotechnic ignitor is actuated, the plunger forcibly drives the bridge away from the input bus bar and an output bus bar to break an electrical connection therebetween.

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Sven Loeffelbein