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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1981

Filed:

Dec. 01, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kenneth C Shuey, Cridersville, OH (US);

Donal E Baker, American Township, Allen County, OH (US);

Charles L Doughman, Lima, OH (US);

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361-4 ; 361-6 ;
Abstract

An arc quenching circuit senses initiation of an arc across the contacts of a contactor, commutates a capacitor discharge to the contacts that brings the contact voltage to zero for arc extinction and promptly recharges the capacitor to enable reoperation.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shuey, Kenneth. (1981). High voltage dc contactor with solid state arc quenching (U.S. Patent No. 4249223). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4249223

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