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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:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schneider Electric SA, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
218 36 ; 218 40 ; 361-8 ;
Abstract
An electrical device for switching an arc to a path parallel to a device to be protected. The electrical device includes double breaking contacts and an arc transfer electrode associated with the parallel path. The parallel path shunts the double breaking contacts and a device to be protected via the arc transfer electrode. The arc transfer electrode is placed in the vicinity of a fixed contact of the double breaking contacts.