Patent ID: 9129761
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switching device suitable for direct current operation, the device comprising: a first current path; and a second current path, wherein each of the first and second current paths includes a respective first connection and a respective second connection, wherein the first connections are arranged on a first side of the switching device and the second connections are arranged on a second side of the switching device, wherein each current path includes a respective contact pair, having a first and a second contact, wherein each of the second contacts is arranged on a respective moveable contact member, wherein, in a switched-on status of the switching device, the first and the second contacts are in contact with each other so as to enable a first current to flow in the first current path and a second current to flow in the second current path, wherein each contact pair includes a respective extinguishing device configured to extinguish an arc forming between the first and the second contacts, and wherein the extinguishing devices of both current paths are arranged in a direction from the respective first connections to the respective second connections behind one another and at least partly covering each other.