Patent ID: 8507822
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A contact for a vacuum interrupter, said contact comprising: a contact member comprising a generally planar mating surface having a planar contact plane and a plurality of purposely introduced undulations therein, said undulations being structured to contact a plurality of purposely introduced undulations of another contact member, wherein the undulations are in a dimension perpendicular to the planar contact plane, wherein the undulations have a two-dimensional profile in the form of a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions, wherein the concave and convex portions of said contact member contact the convex and concave portions, respectively, of said another contact member in a closed contact position, wherein the planar contact plane has a diameter, and wherein the undulations have a depth substantially smaller than the diameter of the planar contact plane.