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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
David Adelbert Rhein, Saint Jacob, IL (US);
Nathan Scot Loucks, Highland, IL (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
A high voltage, high current, switching device includes a jaw assembly electrically connected to a first electrical conductor, a housing assembly electrically connected to a second electrical conductor and a blade assembly fixedly attached to the housing assembly at a first end thereof. The blade assembly has an electrically conductive blade contact fixedly attached to a second end distal from the first end. Further, the housing assembly and the blade assembly pivot about a first axis to drive the blade contact into the jaw assembly to close the switch and the blade assembly is operable to rotate about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis only when the distal end of the blade assembly is seated in the jaw assembly. Thus, the blade does not pivot about its longitudinal axis prematurely, for example, before it is properly seated in the electrical terminal.