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Class 200/258 - Self-aligning contacts


Subclass of Class 200 - Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Definition: Subject matter, wherein at least one of the relative moving
No. of patents: 17
Last issue date: 08/14/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7255615Radially displaceable connector and socket
The present invention describes a socket of an electrical connector having at least one contact element. The contact element has a first end region, a contact area for electrical contact with a plug and a second end region. The first and/or the second end region acc...
08/14/2007
5929410Terminal structure for vacuum circuit breaker
A terminal structure of a vacuum circuit breaker is capable of effectively radiating heat when conducting electricity. The terminal structure includes a flat terminal connected with the switching mechanism; a cylindrical terminal having one end welded to ...
07/27/1999
5915544Breaker device
Fixed electrodes 40 and terminals 30 are mounted on a casing main body 21 of a breaker device 10 with bolts 50. Each terminal 30 is firmly fixed between the end surface of a spacer 52 fitted on the bolt 50 and a mount base 24 by a fastening force of the b...
06/29/1999
5439132Dual cover package
A tray having a peripheral flange with one or more raised ledges to secure a pair of membranes to enclose the tray. A lower membrane may be attached to a first ledge of the flange. An upper membrane may be attached to a second ledge or a recessed lip of t...
08/08/1995
5336857Roller contact device
To achieve a small-sized roller contact device having an increased capacity of current flow, the front and rear roller contacts 4a and 4b are arranged such that they face each other with the contact portions 1a and 2a of the first and second fixed contact...
08/09/1994
4745244HF-switch
A HF-switch includes a contact set which comprises a bifurcated contact piece cooperating with a contact blade. The contact piece includes a pair of contact springs supported at their one end and provided with opposing contact rivets at their other end be...
05/17/1988
4677265Gas-blast circuit breaker
The gas-blast circuit breaker preferably provided for switching medium voltage has a housing (1) filled with insulating gas. In this housing (1), two contact members (7, 8) are arranged which can be moved relative to each other along an axis (6), and a fi...
06/30/1987
4628164Arc contact system for electrical circuit breakers, in particular of the type using an arc extinguishing fluid
In an arc contact system for electrical circuit breakers, in particular of the type using an arc extinguishing fluid, comprising a stationary contact and a movable contact, one of the two arc contacts is formed by a tubular cylindrical body bearing a holl...
12/09/1986
4562324Electrical contact for use in a current-interrupting unit
A female interrupting contact for a current-interrupting unit includes a smoothly contoured, apertured pressure ring which is held in a groove formed in the wall of a bore through a contact body. A spring in the groove maintains the ring to one side of th...
12/31/1985
4546221Draw-out switchgear having improved disconnect contacts
The invention concerns a draw-out circuit-breaker having high electrical performances. Each draw-in terminal clamp comprises at least one U-shaped guiding slide operating in conjunction with the edge of the associated contact terminal stab to lock the ter...
10/08/1985
4188516Telescoping disconnect switch with high current contact system
A telescoping disconnect switch for isolated phase bus has a cylindrical movable conductor having a plurality of individual contact assemblies each comprising a contact finger and an axially loaded spring fixedly attached thereto. The contact assemblies a...
02/12/1980
4169973Bounce-resistant contacts for a switch
A bounce- and weld- resistant contact assembly includes a pair of spaced contact plates with facing contacts on their ends. A switch blade is rapidly movable into and out of engagement with the contacts. The contacts are convexities coined into the plates...
10/02/1979
4127757Contact device for an electric switch
A contact device for an electric switch comprising at least two interconnectable contacts and at least two contact knives movable relative thereto and adapted, in the closed position of the switch, to clamp between themselves at least one of the contacts....
11/28/1978
4075441Slide switch having resilient movable contact arm twisted to provide efficient electrical connection
A slide switch having S-shaped movable contact springs which are movably connected to the contact slide, the free legs of the contact springs being provided with contact areas twisted through an angle of at least 1°, so that the switch is substantially c...
02/21/1978
4025747Circuit interrupter stab assembly with self-aligning clip type contact
A stab assembly for a circuit interrupter for use in drawout switchgear characterized by a circuit breaker movable into and out of contact with bus bars and having spaced terminals in substantial alignment with the bus bars, each terminal comprising a bas...
05/24/1977
4002870Arcing contact for a high current switch
An arcing contact for a high current capacity switch having a pair of switch members in sliding face-to-face engagement is formed from a set of resilient laminations that shunt the switch members as the switch makes on closing or breaks on opening. One en...
01/11/1977
3997747Circuit interrupter
A circuit interrupter characterized by a pair of separable contacts one of which is movable with respect to the other, the movable contact being mounted on an elongated conductor and extending through a tubular conductor with an annular space therebetween...
12/14/1976
 
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