Patent ID: 7750263
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An arresting device for a drive train which, to close a movable contact of an electric switch, is movable from an OFF position into an ON position, the arresting device comprising: an arresting element, including a pivot axis extending outside its pivoting point, wherein, when the drive train is in its OFF position, the arresting element pivots from a position of rest into an arresting the position owing to a force which acts on its pivoting point, in the closing direction of the drive train, wherein, in its arresting position, the arresting element is operatively connected to the drive train and blocks the movement of the drive train into its ON position, and wherein, in its position of rest, the arresting element is under the force effect of a restoring spring and does not pivot into its arresting position until a defined acceleration of the electric switch is acting in the closing direction of the drive train.