Patent ID: 11955300
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. A switch comprising:
a pair of electrodes serving as a stationary electrode and a movable electrode;
a handler including a first mover to operate in withdrawing the movable electrode from the stationary electrode and closing the movable electrode toward the stationary electrode;
a second mover connected to the movable electrode;
an elastic connected between the first mover and the second mover to press the movable electrode against the stationary electrode; and
an attenuator to attenuate contraction of the elastic when the movable electrode is withdrawn from the stationary electrode, wherein
the attenuator includes a permanent magnet at one of the first mover and the second mover and a magnetic substance at another of the first mover and the second mover and has the magnetic substance attracted to the permanent magnet when attenuating contraction of the elastic.