Patent ID: 7688031
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H01H,H02J

Abstract:
1. A power supply interrupting apparatus for interrupting a current supplied from a battery, comprising: a switch, for switching between a first connection and a second connection, the first connection being between a primary terminal and an output terminal, the primary terminal being fed, when an operating portion is operated, and the second connection being between a secondary terminal and the output terminal, when the operation of the operating portion is released; a motor, which is driven by a current outputted from the output terminal; an interlock switch, which is driven to rotate by the motor so as to choose to feed or not to feed to the secondary terminal in accordance with a resultant rotational angle; and a contact unit, which is driven to rotate by the motor so as to switch the state of a current supplied from the battery to an interrupted or non-interrupted state; wherein the motor is continuously driven from a time when the primary terminal is connected to the output terminal to a time when the interlock switch chooses not to feed to the secondary terminal in case that the operating portion of the switch is operated; and the contact unit switches the state of the current supplied from the battery from the non-interrupted state to the interrupted state or from the interrupted state to the non-interrupted state while the motor is being driven continuously.