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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Abb S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Pierantonio Arrighetti, Bossico, IT;
Michele Ceroni, Bedulita, IT;
ABB S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
Described herein is a switch pole for a low voltage switching device including an insulating casing defining an internal space with a contact area and an arc-extinguishing area of the switch pole, a fixed contact assembly and a movable contact assembly positioned in the contact area and including, respectively, one or more fixed contacts and one or more movable contacts, which can be mutually coupled or uncoupled, and an arc chamber positioned in the arc-extinguishing area that includes a plurality of parallel arc-breaking plates. The insulating casing includes an insulating wall partially separating the contact area from the arc-extinguishing area and a channel connects the contact area to the arc-extinguishing area. The switch pole further includes an additional arc-breaking element anchored to the insulating wall, passing through the channel of the insulating wall and arranged in electrical connection with a terminal arc-breaking plate of the arc chamber.