Patent ID: 6091596
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A switching system comprising in combination, a contactor and a controller for the contactor, the contactor comprising first and second armatures, each of which has a respective contact-making position, and first and second windings for urging said first and second armatures, respectively, towards said respective contact-making positions, each one of said first and second armatures being operable to displace the other of the first and second armatures away from its respective contact-making position when said each one of said first and second armatures is urged by a respective one of said first and second windings to its respective contact-making position, and, the controller comprising first and second output stages for driving said first and second windings respectively, and a switch over circuit for actuating each of said first and second output stages before de-actuating each other of said first and second output stages.