Patent ID: 7732723
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An auxiliary contact configuration for a switching device, the switching device comprising: a frame part, and the auxiliary contact configuration comprising a first auxiliary contact position provided in the frame part and configured to receive an auxiliary contact; and a movable auxiliary contact control device comprising a first control element arranged to control the auxiliary contact when installed in the first position, wherein the auxiliary contact configuration comprises a second auxiliary contact position provided near the first auxiliary contact position, and the auxiliary contact control device comprises a second control element arranged to control the auxiliary contact, when installed in the second position, in a manner different from a manner in which the first control element is arranged to control the auxiliary contact when installed in the first position; wherein the first auxiliary contact position and the second auxiliary contact position overlap so as to allow the auxiliary contact to be installed either in the first auxiliary contact position or in the second auxiliary contact position only.