Patent ID: 11942296
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY BRASIL INDUSTRIA DE ELECTRONICOS LTDA.-BR
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A contactor comprising:
a housing having an outer wall defining a cavity;
a first fixed contact coupled to the housing, the first fixed contact having a first mating end received in the cavity and a first terminating end outside of the housing;
a second fixed contact coupled to the housing, the second fixed contact having a second mating end received in the cavity and a second terminating end outside of the housing;
a movable contact assembly received in the cavity, the movable contact assembly including a flexible busbar, a movable contact, and a movable contact holder, the flexible busbar coupled to the first mating end and coupled to the movable contact, the movable contact held by the movable contact holder, the movable contact holder and the movable contact movable within the cavity between a mated position and an unmated position, the movable contact engaging the second mating end in the mated position, the movable contact separated from the second fixed contact in the unmated position, the flexible busbar electrically connecting the first fixed contact and the movable contact in both the mated position and the unmated position; and
a magnetic shroud including an upper shroud coupled to the movable contact and a lower shroud coupled to the second fixed contact, the magnetic shroud includes a magnetic holding force between the upper shroud and the lower shroud to hold the movable contact relative to the second fixed contact in the mated position.