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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1986
Robert E Prouty, Logansport, IN (US);
Hamilton Standard Controls, Inc., Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A bistable electrical contactor employs a one-piece permanent magnet plunger operating in conjunction with an aligned pole piece and a pair of oppositely-wound coils to afford pulse-operated bistable operation of the associated contacts. The coils are wound in opposition to provide respective opposite electromagnetic fields, one 'aiding' and one 'opposing' the inherent magnetic flux of the plunger. The plunger may be spring-biased toward one of its two bistable positions, typically the one in which the plunger is most remote from the pole piece. When an appropriate coil is briefly energized, the respective 'aiding' or 'opposing' force is respectively added to or subtracted from the inherent magnetic force of the plunger to cause the appropriate change of state. The pole piece is structured and positioned to facilitate interaction with the plunger. An adjustable stop arrangement minimizes bounce of resiliently-mounted contacts.