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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Michael Davis Pearce, Plum Branch, SC (US);
Bryan Richard Benson, Chappells, SC (US);
Melvin Lavern Hughes, Winterville, GA (US);
Timothy Gordon Robirds, Greenwood, SC (US);
Michael Howard Abrahamsen, Middle River, MD (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An electrical disconnect includes a housing having a recess defined therein extending from an opening toward a base. The disconnect also includes a vacuum envelope defined within the housing near the base; a fixed contact assembly including a fixed contact structured to be in electrical communication with a voltage source disposed partially within the vacuum envelope; and a movable contact assembly including a movable contact having a first end disposed within the vacuum envelope and a second end disposed in the recess near the base and movable between a closed position in electrical contact with the fixed contact and an open position spaced apart from the fixed contact a separation distance. The housing includes a dynamic shield electrically connected to the movable contact, the dynamic shield being disposed about the recess within the housing and extending from the base toward the opening thereof.