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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Ellenberger & Poensgen Gmbh, Altdorf, DE;
Hendrik-Christian Koepf, Nuremberg, DE;
Lothar Hofmeister, Neumarkt, DE;
Manuel Engewald, Nuremberg, DE;
Markus Miklis, Pfeifferhuette/ Schwarzenbruck, DE;
Ricardo Pimenta, Eckental, DE;
Michael Watzlawick, Nuremberg, DE;
Fabian Hiereth, Lauterhofen, DE;
Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH, Altdorf, DE;
Abstract
A circuit breaker having a mechanical switch introduced into a main current path, which comprises a fixed contact and a moving contact connected to a movably mounted contact bridge. The circuit breaker comprises a drive, which is in active connection with the contact bridge, and which comprises a first drive unit and a second drive unit. The first drive unit is energized via a control circuit, and the second drive unit is connected in parallel to a resistor element introduced into the main current path. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle.