A relay includes a movable contact piece having a movable contact, a fixed contact, a drive device configured to move the movable contact piece, a magnet to apply a Lorentz force to an arc in a first extension direction, a fixed terminal having an intermediate portion to apply a Lorentz force to the arc in a second extension direction, and a wall portion. The wall portion includes first and second wall surfaces. The first wall surface is disposed to face an arc-extinguishing space, and is disposed opposite to the movable contact and the fixed contact in the first extension direction. The second wall surface is disposed to face the arc-extinguishing space and is disposed downstream in the second extension direction with respect to the first wall surface. A distance from the movable contact piece to the second wall surface differs from a distance to the first wall surface.

An improved contactor device for high current switching applications, in particular industrial or railways applications, is provided, wherein a high DC current must be switched on and off, the contactor device includes a switch base portion including an electric switching mechanism of a high voltage portion and an arc extinguishing portion covering the switching mechanism. The contactor device includes a couple of moving contacts driven towards and away from each other with respect to a mutual contact and abutting position, those moving contacts being mounted at the respective contact ends of a toggle mechanism activated by a low voltage driving portion incorporated in the switch base portion and active on the toggle mechanism.

An electromagnetic relay includes a base frame including a main body supporting a fixed element, and a bottom plate having a plate thickness direction in an extending direction orthogonal to a central-axis line direction. An intermediate cover includes a covering plate facing a contact mechanism unit. An outer cover includes a top plate facing the bottom plate across the contact mechanism unit, and a first side plate extending from one end of the top plate and facing the covering plate. A first gap between the covering plate and the bottom plate in the extending direction and a second gap between the covering plate and the top plate in the extending direction are arranged to be substantially symmetric across the covering plate in the extending direction, the first gap and the second gap being on the first side plate.

The present disclosure relates to a direct current relay, and more specifically, to a direct current relay having a movable assembly with improved contact pressure. The direct current relay according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a pair of fixed contacts, and a movable contact which is moved vertically by an electromagnetic force to contact or be separated from the pair of fixed contacts, wherein an upper yoke and a lower yoke are respectively provided on the upper and lower portions of the movable contact, a contact spring is provided on the lower portion of the lower yoke, and the lower yoke is pressed by the contact spring to move the movable contact.

In an embodiment a switching device includes at least one stationary contact in a switching chamber containing a gas comprising H.sub.2 and one movable contact in the switching chamber, wherein the switching chamber has a switching chamber wall and a switching chamber base, and wherein the switching chamber at least partially comprises a polymer material configured to release hydrogen when heated.

A contactor includes a housing having an outer wall defining a cavity, fixed contacts and a movable contact within the cavity, and a coil assembly in the cavity operated to move the movable contact between an unmated position and a mating position with the fixed contacts. The contactor includes an arc suppressor in the cavity including a first magnet located in the cavity on a first side of the movable contact and a second magnet located in the cavity on a second side of the movable contact. The first magnet is arranged in the cavity such that a north B-field of the first magnet faces outward toward the outer wall of the housing. The second magnet is arranged in the cavity such that a north B-field of the second magnet faces outward toward the outer wall of the housing.

Disclosed are an arc path forming part and a direct current relay including the same. An arc path forming part according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a plurality of magnet parts. Each magnet part is located on one side and the other side of the arc path forming part, respectively, to form a magnetic field inside an arc chamber. The arc generated inside the arc chamber is extended in a direction away from the center of the arc chamber by receiving electromagnetic force from the magnetic field. Thus, damage to each component located at the center can be prevented.

The invention relates to a pyrotechnic fuse for interrupting an electrical circuit, comprising a body (9), in which an explosive charge is disposed, wherein: the pyrotechnic fuse comprises a hollow cylinder (11), in which a piston (12) is disposed, beneath which a separation claw (13) is disposed, beneath which the conductor (20), which is to be severed, is disposed; the piston (12) and the separation claw (13) are pressed downwards once the pyrotechnic fuse has been triggered, and the separation claw (13) severs the conductor (20) at two points; a quenching substance storage chamber (14) is disposed outside the cylinder (11), which quenching substance storage chamber, as a result of the piston being pressed downwards once the pyrotechnic fuse has been triggered, is opened towards a separation chamber (15) such that the quenching substance moves into the separation chamber.

A circuit interrupter includes: a first fixed terminal including a first fixed contact; a movable contactor which is formed as a separate part from the first fixed terminal and includes a first movable contact; a holding unit configured to hold the movable contactor so that the first movable contact is connected to the first fixed contact; and a squib configured to generate gas by combustion. In the circuit interrupter, pressure of the gas generated by the squib causes movement of the movable contactor in a direction away from the first fixed terminal so that the first movable contact is separated from the first fixed contact.

A pair of fixed terminals each include a first plate portion and a fixed contact arranged on the first plate portion. A movable contact piece includes a pair of movable contacts arranged to face the fixed contact. An accommodating portion includes a plurality of wall portions extending in a moving direction of the movable contact piece and an accommodating space that is surrounded by the plurality of wall portions and accommodates the fixed contact and the movable contact piece. The first plate portion protrudes from one of the plurality of wall portions to an outside of the accommodating space. At least one magnet is arranged to face a wall portion different from the wall portion from which the first plate portion protrudes among the plurality of wall portions.