Patent ID: 9715985
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. An electric switch, comprising: first and second terminals; a contact sub-assembly disposed between the first and second terminals and including at least two contact members, the contact sub-assembly having a connecting position in which the contact members contact each other, wherein a current path extends from the first terminal to the second terminal through the contact sub-assembly in the connecting position, and an interrupting position in which the contact members are spaced apart from each other, wherein the current path does not extend from the first terminal to the second terminal in the interrupting position; at least two conductor members disposed in the current path between the first terminal and the contact sub-assembly, wherein the current generates a Lorentz force between the conductor members deflecting at least one of the conductor members; and an actuator sub-assembly connected to the deflected conductor member, the actuator sub-assembly moved by the deflected conductor member from a first position to a second position.