Patent ID: 9711306
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. A switch apparatus that is structured to be connected with a DC circuit, the switch apparatus comprising: a conductor comprising a conductor portion and another conductor portion separated from one another; a pair of first contacts; a pair of second contacts; one first contact of the pair of first contacts and one second contact of the pair of second contacts each being electrically connected with the conductor portion; the other first contact of the pair of first contacts and the other second contact of the pair of second contacts each being electrically connected with the another conductor portion; an arc extinction apparatus comprising a pair of magnetic field elements, one magnetic field element of the pair of magnetic field elements being situated adjacent the one first contact and being structured to generate a magnetic field, the other magnetic field element of the pair of magnetic field elements being situated adjacent the other first contact and being structured to generate another magnetic field; a movable apparatus comprising an elongated first conductor apparatus that is electrically connectable with the pair of first contacts and an elongated second conductor apparatus that is electrically connectable with the pair of second contacts; and the movable apparatus being movable among: