Patent ID: 7589295

Claim:
Electrical switchgear, comprising: first and second switches disposed in a switchgear enclosure and electrically connected in series; each of said switches having a first contact and a second contact, at least one of said first and second contacts of each said first and second switches being a mobile contact; connecting means mechanically and electrically connecting said first contacts of said first and second switches to one another; a first electrical conductive shield at least partly surrounding said first contact of at least one of said switches and being electrically connected to said first contact; a second electrical conductive shield at least partly surrounding said second contact of said at least one of said switches, said second shield being electrically connected to said second contact and at least partially surrounding said first shield, thereby forming a shield capacitor between said first shield and said second shield; said second shield at least partially surrounding said connecting means and forming a further capacitor between said second shield and said connecting means, and wherein a second capacitor is formed between said enclosure and said connecting means.