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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
S&c Electric Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jim Barker, West Bend, WI (US);
Michael Maroney, Chicago, IL (US);
Keith Benson, Chicago, IL (US);
Nicholas Seng, Chicago, IL (US);
Jason R. Bogusz, Chicago, IL (US);
Bethany McDearmon, Chicago, IL (US);
Alireza Tajfar, Northbrook, IL (US);
Alejandro Montenegro, Chicago, IL (US);
S&C Electric Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A switch assembly including a switch and a high impedance element used for energy harvesting purposes that are connected to a power line at one end and assembly electronics at an opposite end, where in one non-limiting embodiment the switch assembly has particular application for use in connection with a vacuum interrupter. The high impedance element has higher impedance than the switch so that current flows through the switch from the power line when the switch is closed and through the high impedance element from the power line when the switch is open, where power from the high impedance element can power a switch closing device, such as a solenoid actuator. The high impedance element can be a resistive element, a capacitive element or a combination of a resistive and capacitive element.