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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clive W Kimblin, Churchill Borough, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 2001 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
An electrical switch for efficient, high continuous current carrying operation, with at least one movable contact for effecting current interruption. The ambient pressure within the volume defined by the electrical switch body is maintained at or is reducible during contact opening to between 10.sup.-1 to 10.sup.2 Torr to minimize contact erosion. A preferred electrical switch is a hermetically sealed, low voltage d.c., device for shunting an electrolyte cell. The sealed switch module has a reduced pressure atmosphere of inert fill gas at a pressure of from 10.sup.-1 to 10.sup.2 Torr.