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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Eaton Electrical Ip Gmbh & Co. KG, Schoenefeld, DE;
Wolfgang Meid, Muelheim-Kaerlich, DE;
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A contactor includes a coil through which current flows in an active state of the contactor; a controller configured to control the contactor; and a voltage converter, wherein, in the active state, the voltage converter is configured to converts an input voltage into a coil voltage which drops across the coil. The voltage converter can be electrically switched back into the active state from an inactive state using the controller. The contactor is configured to be switched into the active state from the inactive state by activating the voltage converter. The contactor is switched out of the active state into the inactive state by deactivating the voltage converter.