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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/02 (2006.01); H01H 1/06 (2006.01); H01H 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/06 (2013.01); H01H 1/02 (2013.01); H01H 1/22 (2013.01); H01H 2201/03 (2013.01); H01H 2203/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrical contact apparatus having low silver content and defined thickness and length geometry. The electrical contact apparatus has a contact body made of a silver-containing alloy having SC≤60 wt. %, and having L/T≥5.4, wherein L is a longest contact length dimension of the contact body, T is a maximum contact thickness dimension of the contact body, SC is the silver content in wt. %, and L/T is a contact dimension ratio. Electrical contact assemblies, circuit breaker electrical contact subassemblies, and methods of operating a circuit breaker electrical contact subassembly are disclosed, as are other aspects.