A harness assembly includes a plurality of individual wires and a restriction mechanism. The restriction mechanism has a sleeve member surrounding each of the plurality of individual wires in order to prevent longitudinal movement of each of the plurality of individual wires with respect to each other. Each of the plurality of individual wires has a helical-shaped portion located internal with respect to the sleeve member, thereby allowing each of the plurality of individual wires to engage the sleeve member.

A carrier for electrical and/or electronic components is provided, in particular, a printed circuit board, having a broadside for accommodating electrical conductor tracks, and having a narrow side. At least one electrically conductive contact area is provided on the carrier, the contact area, in particular, being used as a fixed contact for an electrical switch. The contact area is arranged on the narrow side.

A harness assembly includes a plurality of individual wires and a restriction mechanism. The restriction mechanism has a sleeve member surrounding each of the plurality of individual wires in order to prevent longitudinal movement of each of the plurality of individual wires with respect to each other. Each of the plurality of individual wires has a helical-shaped portion located internal with respect to the sleeve member, thereby allowing each of the plurality of individual wires to engage the sleeve member.

A switch includes a housing, a common stationary contact terminal, an individual stationary contact terminal, and a plunger including a moving contact unit. The moving contact unit includes a body, a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm extending from the body in a direction intersecting with a parallel direction in which the common stationary contact terminal and the individual stationary contact terminal are arranged parallel to each other, electrically interconnected with each other, and are spaced apart from one another in the parallel direction, a first moving contact included in the first arm, a second moving contact included in the second arm, and a third moving contact included in the third arm.

A power system is disclosed. The system may include an electrical contactor including a pair of plates arranged to scissor between open and closed positions. The plates may have magnets embedded therein such that in the closed position, a subset of the magnets having opposite polarity are aligned to encourage touching of electrical contacts of the plates, and in the open position, a subset of the magnets having same polarity are aligned to encourage separation of the electrical contacts.

A UPS system and mechanical switching arrangement therefor that is driven by an electromechanical actuator when a fault condition is detected thereby opening or closing a switch of the switching arrangement in response thereto within 8 milliseconds, preferably within 4 milliseconds, and more preferably within 2 milliseconds of a fault condition being detected. The UPS system has one switching arrangement for controlling current flow through a utility power path that is switched by an electromechanical actuator and another switching arrangement for controlling that is switched by an electromechanical actuator through an inverter power path that supplies an output-connected load with electrical power should a fault condition occur. The switching arrangements can be driven by a common electromechanical actuator or independent driven by separate electromechanical actuators enabling programmability of a plurality of different UPS system operating modes.

A power system is disclosed. The system may include an electrical contactor including a pair of plates arranged to scissor between open and closed positions. The plates may have magnets embedded therein such that in the closed position, a subset of the magnets having opposite polarity are aligned to encourage touching of electrical contacts of the plates, and in the open position, a subset of the magnets having same polarity are aligned to encourage separation of the electrical contacts.

A switch includes a housing, a common stationary contact terminal, an individual stationary contact terminal, and a plunger including a moving contact unit. The moving contact unit includes a body, a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm extending from the body in a direction intersecting with a parallel direction in which the common stationary contact terminal and the individual stationary contact terminal are arranged parallel to each other, electrically interconnected with each other, and are spaced apart from one another in the parallel direction, a first moving contact included in the first arm, a second moving contact included in the second arm, and a third moving contact included in the third arm.

A slide switch includes a circuit board assembly, a sensing element and a slider member. The circuit board assembly has an opening. The sensing element is installed on the circuit board assembly and electrically connected with the circuit board assembly. The slider member is movably connected with the circuit board assembly. The slider member is movable along the circuit board assembly. The slider member includes a slider plate and a supporting post. The supporting post is protruded from the slider plate. The slider plate includes a pressing part for pressing the sensing element. The supporting post is movable to a position within the opening. Consequently, the layout space of the slide switch is saved.

The invention relates to an electric switching device (10) for an energy accumulator in an electric vehicle, comprising a housing (20) inside which at least one switching section (30) that includes two input contacts (32a, 32b) and at least one output contact (34) is arranged, and a rotary component (40) which is mounted in such a way as to be rotatable relative to the housing (20) about a switching axis (42) between at least one OFF position (I), a series-connecting position (II), and an ON position (III); said rotary component (40) includes at least one conductor (44) which has at least two conductor contacts (44a, 44b) and which connects the first input contact (32a) in an electrically conducting manner to the output contact (34) in the series-connecting position (II) and connects the second input contact (32b) in an electrically conducting manner to the output contact (34) of the at least one switching section (30) in the ON position (III).