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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mohandas Nayak, Karnataka, IN;
Nagaveni Karkada, Karnataka, IN;
Shalini Thimmegowda, Karnataka, IN;
Mallikarjuna Heggadadevanapura Thammaiah, Karnataka, IN;
Janakiraman Narayanan, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Linda Yvonne Jacobs, Barkhamsted, CT (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A circuit breaker having a monolithic structure and method of making is disclosed. The monolithic structure includes an arm portion having copper and a contact portion having a composite material. The composite material has a metallic matrix and a second phase disposed in the metallic matrix. The method of making the monolithic structure includes introducing a first powder into a first region of a mold, introducing a second powder into a second region of the mold, and consolidating the first powder and the second powder together. The first region of the mold corresponds to a contact portion, and the second region corresponds to an arm portion of the monolithic structure of the circuit breaker.