Patent ID: 7868720
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A relay including: a hermetically sealed housing, a first circuit including first and second fixed contacts and a first movable contact, the first movable contact and at least part of the first and second fixed contacts being sealed within the housing; a second circuit including third and fourth fixed contacts and a second moveable contact, the second movable contact and at least part of the third and fourth fixed contacts being sealed within the housing, the second circuit being electrically isolated from the first circuit; and an actuator sealed within the housing, the actuator coupled to a contact carrier that at least partially holds the first and second moveable contacts and translates movement of the actuator to the first and second moveable contacts, the contact carrier being in contact with a wall of the housing, the contact carrier including a wall that is between and physically isolates the first circuit from the second circuit by defining at least two separate and distinct chambers within the housing, each chamber containing one moveable contact, the actuator having a first position in which the moveable contact is electrically isolated from the first and second fixed contacts and the second moveable contact is electrically isolated from the third and fourth fixed contacts, and the actuator having a second position in which the first moveable contact is electrically coupled to the first and second fixed contacts and the second moveable contact is electrically coupled to the third and fourth fixed contacts.