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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:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Malkin, Saint-Ismier, FR;
Roger Bolongeat-Mobleu, Echirolles, FR;
Assignee:
Merlin Gerin, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
The circuit breaker comprises main contacts 26, 30 and a vacuum cartridge 38 in parallel which performs breaking, the assembly being contained in an enclosure 10 filled with sulphur hexafluoride. The cartridge is designed for dielectric withstand in this gas. The contacts of the cartridge 38 are made of high resistive material and a coil generates an axial magnetic field in the arcing zone.