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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:
Sep. 11, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 200145 ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
A switchgear apparatus having three switching gaps with contacts arranged thereacross for connecting three-phase electrical power to a consumer. Apparatus is described whereby a selected one of the switching gaps closes earlier than the other switching gaps during a closing cycle of the switchgear, and opens later than the other switching gaps during an opening cycle of the switchgear. The contacts across the early closing and late opening gap experience only minimal contact burnoff, thereby permitting a substantially reduced volume of contact overlay material to be provided therefor. In addition, less expensive contact material may be utilized for this contact.