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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
David D Miller, Kitchener, CA;
Mark W Eady, Dundas, CA;
Rockwell Technologies, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-phase vacuum contactor occupying a minimal space envelope. The contactor features a housing; a carriage; an electromagnetic actuator fixed to the housing and having a reciprocating armature connected to the carriage; and a plurality of vacuum interrupters each having a reciprocating stem for the actuation thereof, wherein the vacuum interrupters are fixed to the housing and circumferencially arranged about the electromagnetic actuating mechanism such that longitudinal axes of the vacuum interrupters are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the electromagnetic actuating mechanism, and wherein the stem of each vacuum interrupter is connected to the carriage.