Patent ID: 6930270

Claim:
A connection area between two housing parts of a vacuum interrupter assigned coaxially to each other, comprising: a first housing part having a hollow-cylindrical ceramic insulator which is connected at an end face to a second housing part; and a centering device placed onto the ceramic insulator which is arranged between the first and second housing parts, which centering device is formed as an annular disk and has, on an inner periphery, a tubular flange protruding into the ceramic insulator and is provided with centering lugs, the centering lugs being formed as tabs extending in an axial direction of the coaxial assignment and pointing toward an annular disk-shaped region of the centering device, and wherein the centering device comprises a silver-coated copper part and is covered by tubular copper part serving within the vacuum interrupter as a shielding and is connected to the centering device.