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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Albert Yong Lee, Greensboro, NC (US);
Roger Lee Thrush, Clemmons, NC (US);
TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A contactor includes an housing having a cavity, fixed contacts received in the cavity having mating ends in the cavity, a movable contact movable within the cavity between a mated position and an unmated position and engaging the fixed contacts to electrically connect the fixed contacts in the mated position, and a coil assembly in the cavity operated to move the movable contact between the unmated position and the mating position. The contactor includes an arc suppressor in the cavity. The arc suppressor includes a multi-pole magnet having a first magnet having a first pole and a second magnet having a second pole. The first magnet is integrated with the second magnet in a unitary magnet body.