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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:
Nov. 26, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takanobu Aoyama, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 200145 ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
A grounding switch which includes a resistance contact unit and a short circuiting contact unit accommodated in a single sheath or casing. A movable contact of the short circuiting contact unit is connected to a movable contact of the resistance contact unit and a fixed contact of the short circuiting contact unit is grounded. A resistor is connected between the movable contact of the resistance contact unit and fixed contact of the short circuiting contact and is temporarily inserted into a main power circuit when the resistance contact unit is closed. The resistance contact unit and resistor are arranged on parallel axes in the same sheath.