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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Herve Gabriel Gaudefroy, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marcus Priest, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Tien Duc Ngo, Oxnard, CA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A switch assembly adapted and a method for switching power to a circuit having a power source. The switch assembly includes current carrying contacts and a coupling member. The coupling member has conductive pads for engaging the current carrying contacts and a contact bridge extending between the conductive pads. An actuator assembly moves the coupling member between a closed position in which the conductive pads of the coupling member engage the current carrying contacts and an open position in which the conductive pads of the coupling member are disengaged from the current carrying contacts. Opposing electromagnetic forces are generated between the contact bridge and the conductive pads to resist electromagnetic repulsion forces generated between the current carrying contacts and the conductive pads as the actuator assembly approaches or is in the closed position.