Patent ID: 11948762
Assignee: ASTRONICS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS CORP.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electrical contactor having an arc extinguishing component, comprising:
a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact that, when the contactor is open, define a gap therebetween; and
a first diode which electrically interconnects the first contact to a ground and a second diode which electrically interconnects the second contact to ground;
the arc extinguishing component including:
a magnet adjacent a first side of the gap; and
an electrically non-conductive shutter adjacent an opposing second side of the gap, the electrically non-conductive shutter capable of reciprocating from a first position to a second position wherein the first position is outside of the gap and the second position is fully within the gap.