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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Charles Honick, Livonia, MI (US);

Dylan Erb, Allen Park, MI (US);

John Sturza, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Abdul Lateef, Canton, MI (US);

Philip Michael Gonzales, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 50/16 (2006.01); H01H 50/54 (2006.01); H01H 50/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 50/541 (2013.01); H01H 50/14 (2013.01); H01H 50/16 (2013.01); H01H 2205/002 (2013.01); H01H 2235/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power system is disclosed. The system may include an electrical contactor including a pair of plates arranged to scissor between open and closed positions. The plates may have magnets embedded therein such that in the closed position, a subset of the magnets having opposite polarity are aligned to encourage touching of electrical contacts of the plates, and in the open position, a subset of the magnets having same polarity are aligned to encourage separation of the electrical contacts.


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