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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Wangpei LI, Horseheads, NY (US);
Martin Leusenkamp, Hengelo Ov., NL;
Wangpei Li, Horseheads, NY (US);
Martin Leusenkamp, Hengelo Ov., NL;
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An electrode assembly is provided for a vacuum switch, including a vacuum envelope, a fixed contact assembly including a fixed contact disposed within the vacuum envelope, and a movable contact assembly including a movable contact disposed within the vacuum envelope and movable between a closed position in electrical contact with the fixed contact and an open position spaced apart from the fixed contact. The electrode assembly includes at least one electrode bundle having a plurality of electrodes coupled to a corresponding one of the fixed contact assembly and the movable contact assembly. The electrodes extend from at or about a corresponding one of the fixed contact and the movable contact toward the closer of the first end of the vacuum envelope and the second end of the vacuum envelope.