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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juan Aymami-Pala, Nanterre, FR;
Joel Devautour, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Jean-Pierre Guery, Le Pecq, FR;
Michel Rapeaux, Clamart, FR;
Assignee:
Schneider Electric SA, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
218-1 ; 218 31 ; 218 36 ; 218143 ; 218146 ; 218147 ; 218148 ; 335201 ;
Abstract
An electrical switch device with separable contacts is provided with a shunt conductor adapted to receive one end of the arc that is struck when the contacts separate after it has jumped a dielectric gap. The shunt conductor determines an interim arc current path in which is a current limiter device.