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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2000
Takao Mitsuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Tsukima, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsugu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Fushimi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Fukuya, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A current limiting device includes first and second contact members, each contact member having, at a first end, contacts defining a contact pair; a contacting pressure is applied to said contact pair; and a cylindrical insulator cylindrically surrounding the contacts when the contacts are closed. The device is arranged such that at least one of the first and second contact members is rotatably supported at a second end. Also, an electrical path is defined through which currents flow in substantial opposition to the first and second contact members and in opposite directions to each other. The first ends of the first and second contact members are positioned within the space defined by the cylindrical insulator in the closed contact state. The contact of at least one of the rotatably supported contact members is positioned outside of the space defined by the cylindrical insulator when the contacts are open.