Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Loadbreak electrical connector with enhanced safety probe
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Application No.: US16454549Application Date: 2019-06-27
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Publication No.: US10971842B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Stanley S. Szyszko , Daniel L. Gardner , William Longcor, IV , Elvan Ozdemir
- Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Main IPC: H01R13/03
- IPC: H01R13/03 ; H01R13/422

Abstract:
A loadbreak electrical connector includes a connector body having first and second passages therewithin and a safety probe configured to be installed within the first passage. The safety probe includes a conductive probe body extending between first and second ends, the probe body having a probe aperture at the second end and a probe pin connected to the probe body via the probe aperture. The safety probe includes an arc quenching section located at a distal end of the probe pin and has a resistance section located between the second end of the probe body and the arc quenching section. The resistance section is made of a highly resistance material which reduces current flow through this section of the safety probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200006879A1 LOADBREAK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ENHANCED SAFETY PROBE Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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