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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 33/78 (2006.01); H01H 1/66 (2006.01); H01H 9/30 (2006.01); H01H 9/34 (2006.01); H01H 9/36 (2006.01); H01H 50/00 (2006.01); H01H 50/38 (2006.01); H01H 50/54 (2006.01); H01H 50/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 33/78 (2013.01); H01H 1/66 (2013.01); H01H 9/302 (2013.01); H01H 9/34 (2013.01); H01H 9/36 (2013.01); H01H 50/00 (2013.01); H01H 50/38 (2013.01); H01H 50/54 (2013.01); H01H 50/546 (2013.01); H01H 2050/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
The contact apparatus includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, and an arc extinguishing member. The movable contact is movable between a closed position where the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open position where the movable contact is separate from the fixed contact. The arc extinguishing member is for discharging an arc extinguishing gas offering a capacity for extinguishment of an arc, into a space containing the fixed contact and the movable contact.