Patent ID: 6271493
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: H01H,H02B

Abstract:
High voltage disconnector comprising:a movable contact connected to a first conductor;a fixed contact connected to a second conductor; anda locking means, the locking means having a first locking part located on the movable contact and a second locking part located on the fixed contact,the movable contact being movable with respect to the fixed contact,wherein the movable contact and the fixed contact form, when contacting with one another, a combined conductor to produce an electrical connection between the first conductor and the second conductor,the combined connector forming an angle between the first and the second conductor, such that, when the fixed contact and the movable contact are in contact with one another during operation, a Lorentz force prevails which pulls the fixed and movable contacts apart and is transverse to the first and second conductors,the first locking part of the movable contact and the second locking part of the fixed contact engaging in one another when the two contacts are in contact with one another, and the first locking part of the movable contact and the second locking part of the fixed contact acting in a direction parallel to the Lorentz force which is pulling the fixed and movable contacts apart.