MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414095095 A) filed by Schneider Electric Industries Sas, Rueil Malmaison, France, on Dec. 3, 2024, for 'medium or high voltage vacuum breaker.'
Inventor(s) include Carlen Renaud; and Bono Mathieu.
The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "What is proposed is a medium- or high-voltage vacuum interrupter (50), comprising: - an insulator forming a receiving enclosure, the insulator being formed of two coaxial elements (1a, 1b), - two electrical contacts arranged inside the insulator and configured to be moved relative to one another between a closed position and an open position, - a screen (4) radially surrounding the electrical contacts and configured to collect the metal particles emitted when an electric arc passes between the electrical contacts so as to protect the insulator from the metal particles emitted, the screen (4) comprising a fixing flange (5) clamped between the two elements (1a, 1b) of the insulator (1), characterized in that the vacuum interrupter (50) comprises a seal (7) made of a semiconductor material surrounding the insulator, the seal (7) being in electrical contact with the screen (4)."
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