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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Johannes Meissner, Bonn, DE;
Gerd Schmitz, Niederkassel, DE;
Marcel Uedelhoven, Blankenheim, DE;
Oliver Kreft, Bonn, DE;
Michael Wohlang, Bornheim, DE;
Kai Schroeder, Niederkassel, DE;
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A double-contact switch includes: a first and second tubular vacuum switching chamber formed as partial switching chambers of a switching tube; an electrode fixed in the switching tube and arranged between the first and second vacuum switching chambers and having a first fixed contact projecting into the first vacuum switching chamber and a second fixed contact projecting into the second vacuum switching chamber; a first electrode arranged in the first vacuum switching chamber and movable within the first vacuum switching chamber in an axial direction thereof, the first electrode having a region which bears a contact and is closed off in a gastight manner relative to an exterior of the first vacuum switching chamber; a second electrode arranged in the second vacuum switching chamber and movable within the second vacuum switching chamber in an axial direction thereof, the second electrode having a region which bears a contact.