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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
Martin Huenner, Erlangen, DE;
Ulrich Schmidt, Forchheim, DE;
Egid Schneider, Weisendorf, DE;
Markus Zachmeier, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a device for the short-circuiting of a first electrical line ( ) with a second electrical line ( ) by at least one mechanical switching device (SM), at least one first electronic switching device (SE ) is arranged in parallel with the mechanical switching device (SM) and at least one second electronic switching device (SE ) is arranged reverse-connected in parallel with said first electronic switching device, by means of which a voltage difference that occurs between the first electrical line ( ) and the second electrical line ( ) can be bridged. Such a device is constructed in a simple manner and has short response times.