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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1999
Stephen David Mayo, Horseheads, NY (US);
Steven Theodore Vittorio, Frisco, TX (US);
Scott Ray Lanning, Bellefontaine, OH (US);
Michael Laurence Hursh, Printed Post, NY (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An assembly and associated method are provided for use with the stationary and moveable contact sub-assembly portions of a vacuum interrupter. This assembly employs a groove machined circumferentially into an electrode of the sub-assembly in conjunction with a retaining ring apparatus having a first portion inserted into the groove. A second portion of the retaining ring provides stable structural support to components stacked onto the retaining ring apparatus. The components are clamped together and brazing material is placed across junctions between and among the individual vacuum interrupter components. Methods for constructing a vacuum interrupter sub-assembly in conjunction with brazing processes are also disclosed.