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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Rockwell Automation Switzerland Gmbh, Aarau, CH;
Inventors:
Thomas Strebel Marzano, Birmenstorf AG, CH;
Beat Villiger, Reinach AG, CH;
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Switzerland GmbH, Aarau, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 33/18 (2006.01); H01H 33/08 (2006.01); H01H 33/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 33/18 (2013.01); H01H 33/08 (2013.01); H01H 33/74 (2013.01); H01H 2205/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes an apparatus and method for quenching the arc developed during the interruption of a current carrying path by use of an arc quenching apparatus with a contiguous chamber that shapes and directs the gas pressure and other associated arc components through a set of splitter plates located at the ends of the chamber. The contiguous chamber contains the gas pressure and other associated arc components for the duration of the quenching process.