Patent ID: 8710389
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An electrode assembly for a vacuum switch, said vacuum switch comprising a vacuum envelope, a fixed contact assembly including a fixed contact disposed within said vacuum envelope, and a movable contact assembly including a movable contact disposed within said vacuum envelope and movable between a closed position in electrical contact with the fixed contact and an open position spaced apart from the fixed contact, said vacuum envelope including a first end and a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end, said electrode assembly comprising: at least one electrode bundle comprising a grouping of a plurality of separate relatively small diameter electrodes structured to be bundled together and coupled to a corresponding one of said fixed contact assembly and said movable contact assembly, wherein said electrodes are structured to extend from at or about a corresponding one of the fixed contact and the movable contact toward the closer of the first end of said vacuum envelope and the second end of said vacuum envelope.