Patent ID: 8525053
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
1. A rear accessible electrical switchgear comprising a front, a back, a switch arrangement, and a rear accessible switchgear cabinet having a rear accessible compartment containing a load connection, the switch arrangement comprising a terminal arrangement comprising an electrical contact for a bus and an electrical contact for said load connection which are spaced apart along an axial direction; and a switching device that is moveable linearly in said terminal arrangement along said axial direction to a service position where it can make an electrical connection between said electrical contact for said load connection and said electrical contact for said bus, wherein said electrical contact for said load connection is located closer to said back of said switchgear than is said electrical contact for said bus, wherein said terminal arrangement further comprises an electrical contact for earth, which is spaced apart from said electrical contact for said load connection along said axial direction and is located closer to said back of said rear accessible electrical switchgear than is said electrical contact for said load connection, wherein, said switching device is moveable linearly in said terminal arrangement along said axial direction to an earth position to make an electrical connection between said electrical contact for earth and said electrical contact for said load connection, and wherein said switching device can make and break a circuit when in the service or earth positions.