Patent ID: 6686552
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A contact for a vacuum interrupter, Comprising:1 a plate; 2 a carrier having a first end face mounted to the plate and 3 slits formed in the carrier, the slits defining a coil portion in the carrier, a current passing through the coil portion generating a longitudinal magnetic field along an axial direction of the carrier, the slits comprising a first slit which comprises: a circumferential slit portion formed in the first end face of the carrier, and an inclined slit portion formed in a Peripheral face of the carrier at a predetermined inclination angle &agr; with respect to an axis of the carrier and connected to an end of the circumferential slit portion, wherein the slits further comprise a second slit formed in the peripheral face of the carrier at the predetermined inclination angle &agr; and extending from an axially middle position of the carrier.