Patent ID: 6518530
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A current-limiting contact arrangement comprising:a conductor rail including a stationary contact and including two current loops extending at opposite sides of the conductor rail in respective planes parallel to a center plane of the contact arrangement; a contact arm including a movable contact which can be brought into and out of contact with the stationary contact, the current loops extending in respective planes parallel to a center plane of the contact arrangement thereof and along an entire opening travel of the movable contact; an arc control device including arc splitters; and a cassette including a first part and a second part and an insulating material, the arc splitters being disposed in a positive-locking manner in an interior of the cassette, the contact arm and a part of the conductor rail including the stationary contact extending into the interior of the cassette, the current loops being disposed in a positive-locking manner at outer walls of the cassette, an assembly of the cassette, the arc splitters and the conductor rail being received in a positive-locking manner by inner surfaces of a switching device enclosure.