Current connection and/or cut-off device comprising permanent contacts with reduced wear

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10186389
APP PUB NO 20150340179A1
SERIAL NO

14435882

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Device for making and/or breaking a current including a pair of permanent contacts (3, 4), at least one of the contacts (3, 4) being movable. At least one permanent contact (3, 4) including a main portion (3.1, 4.1) having a free end and an end protection portion (3.2, 4.2) secured to the free end of the main portion (3.1, 4.1), designed to be in mechanical and electrical contact with the other permanent contact (4, 3) only during an operation for opening or closing the pair. The end protection portion (3.2, 4.2) is made of a single transition metal having a melting temperature that is strictly higher than that of the main portion (3.1, 4.1) to which it is secured, or of an oxide or carbide of such a metal, or even of zinc oxide. For application in particular to high- or medium-voltage circuit breakers.

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ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTDBROWN BOVERI STRASSE 7 5400 BADEN

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Aitken, Oana Saint Egreve, FR 2 11
Fnineche, Chakib Saint Pierre d'Allevard, FR 2 5

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