Contact arrangement for a switching device and switching device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11837424-B2
Application number	US-202017436538-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2020
Priority date	Mar 18, 2019
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

In an embodiment a contact arrangement includes a retaining element with a cylindrical hole having a cylinder axis configured to arrange the retaining element on a shaft and a contact bridge attached to the retaining element, wherein the contact bridge has a top side with at least one contact region and a bottom side opposite the top side, and wherein, via a rotation around the cylinder axis, the contact bridge is transferable to a locked state on the retaining element in a direction along the cylinder axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A contact arrangement comprising:
a retaining element with a cylindrical hole having a cylinder axis configured to arrange the retaining element on a shaft; and
a contact bridge attached to the retaining element,
wherein the contact bridge has a top side with at least one contact region and a bottom side opposite the top side, and
wherein, via a rotation around the cylinder axis, the contact bridge is transferable to a locked state on the retaining element in a direction along the cylinder axis.

2. The contact arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact bridge has a hole through which an attachment part of the retaining element projects.

3. The contact arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the attachment part has at least one retaining lug configured to lock the contact bridge on the retaining element, and wherein the at least one retaining lug arranged in a region of the top side of the contact bridge in the locked state.

4. The contact arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the hole of the contact bridge has a hole wall with at least one insertion groove for the at least one retaining lug of the retaining element and the at least one insertion groove reaches from the top side of the contact bridge to the bottom side.

5. The contact arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the contact bridge has, in a hole wall, at least one retaining groove, which reaches from the top side of the contact bridge in a direction of the bottom side.

6. The contact arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the attachment part has two retaining lugs, which are arranged on mutually opposite sides of the attachment part in a direction perpendicular to the cylinder axis, and wherein the contact bridge has, in a hole wall, insertion grooves which are associated with the at least two retaining lugs.

7. The contact arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the contact bridge has, in the hole wall, retaining grooves associated with the at least two retaining lugs.

8. The contact arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the retaining element has a base part adjoining the attachment part and the cylindrical hole reaches through the attachment part and the base part.

9. The contact arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a contact spring arranged on the bottom side of the contact bridge, the bottom side being remote from the at least one contact region.

10. The contact arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the contact spring surrounds at least part of the base part.

11. The contact arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the contact spring, in the locked state of the contact bridge on the retaining element, is in direct contact with the bottom side of the contact bridge and the bottom side of the contact bridge forms a counter bearing for the contact spring.

12. The contact arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the retaining element has a counter bearing for the contact spring on a side of the contact spring remote from the contact bridge.

13. A switching device comprising:
at least one fixed contact and the contact arrangement according to claim 1 in a switching chamber,
wherein the contact arrangement is movable by an armature with the shaft, and
wherein the shaft is arranged in the cylindrical hole of the retaining element.

14. The switching device according to claim 13 , wherein a snap ring or a riveting is configured to lock the retaining element of the contact arrangement on the shaft.

15. The switching device according to claim 13 , wherein the retaining element has, in the hole of the retaining element, a thread with which the retaining element is screwed to a thread of the shaft.

Assignees

• Tdk Electronics Ag

Inventors

• Hoffmann Robert
• Minkwitz Robert

Classifications

• H01H50/546 Primary

  for contactors having bridging contacts · CPC title

• H01H1/2008 Primary

  Facilitate mounting or replacing contact bridge and pressure spring on carrier (H01H11/0012 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01H50/34

  Means for adjusting limits of movement; Mechanical means for adjusting returning force · CPC title

• H01H50/54 Primary

  Contact arrangements · CPC title

• H01H50/16

  Magnetic circuit arrangements · CPC title