Patent ID: 6100489
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A consumable switching arrangement comprising:a first switching member, which is connected to a first electrical terminal at least in a switched-on position, anda second switching member, which is connected to a second electrical terminal at least in the switched-on position, said second switching member comprising a switching pin fastened to a mount, said mount being displaceable along a switching axis relative to the first switching member between the switched-on position, in which the switching pin touches the first switching member and the consumable switching arrangement thereby closes a current path between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a switched-off position, in which the switching pin is spaced apart from the first switching member,wherein the first switching member comprises a first switching ring,wherein the second switching member further comprises a second switching ring, which, in the direction of the switching axis, is separated from the first switching member by an arc space, andwherein the switching pin is mounted such that it presses against the first switching member in a first contact zone and against the second switching ring in a second contact zone in the switched-on position under the action of mechanically or electromagnetically generated contact forces.