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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Vacuum switching apparatus, and electrode extension assembly and associated assembly method therefor
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Martin B.J. Leusenkamp, Suzhou, CN;
Yucheng Li, Suzhou, CN;
Xuefei Chen, Suzhou, CN;
Lihua Bao, Suzhou, CN;
Louis G. Campbell, Elmira, NY (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An electrode extension assembly is for a vacuum switching apparatus, such as a vacuum interrupter, including a vacuum envelope and separable contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a contact disposed in the interior of the vacuum envelope, and an electrode stem extending outwardly from the contact to the exterior of the vacuum envelope. The electrode extension assembly includes a number of extension members each being be joined to the electrode stem of a corresponding one of the contact assemblies on the exterior of the vacuum envelope by a welded joint formed by electron beam welding or plasma welding.