Patent ID: 11967470
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. The contactor of claim 12, further comprising:
an armature spring operably engaged between said stator and said armature that urges said armature toward a first operative position where said movable contacts are separated from said fixed contacts; and
a contact spring operably engaged between said armature and said movable contacts that urges said movable contacts toward said fixed contacts,
wherein said electronic controller is further adapted to define said first and second transition points where said armature transitions from a first condition in which said armature is moved relative to said stator toward said first operative position by both said armature spring and said contact spring to a second condition in which said armature is moved relative to said stator toward said first operative position by only said armature spring.