Patent ID: 9123480
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A drive for a switching device including a contact system having a fixed contact, a moving contact, a closed state and an open state, the drive comprising: a force initiation element configured to initiate a drive force in one direction; an actuator configured to actuate the moving contact into the closed state and the open state of the contact system; and a transmission disposed between said force initiation element and said actuator, said transmission configured to trigger a transfer of the contact system from the closed state to the open state and a transfer of the contact system from the open state to the closed state, using said drive force in said one direction, said transmission including a rotatably supported rod extended along said one direction and having an end facing said actuator with a staged or stepped profile at said end configured to transmit force to said actuator.