CPC H01H 9/042 (2013.01) [H01H 71/025 (2013.01); H05K 5/069 (2013.01); H05K 7/20 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. An ignition protected switch device for an explosive environment, the ignition protected switch device comprising: a housing defining a first enclosure and a second enclosure positioned on opposite sides of the housing, wherein the first and second enclosures are integrally formed with the housing; a line-side terminal and a load-side terminal coupled to the housing and being enclosed to provide ignition protected terminations in the explosive environment, wherein the line-side terminal is enclosed in the first enclosure and the load-side terminal is enclosed in the second enclosure; and a bus structure in the housing and including at least one solid state switching element operable in an arc-free manner to connect the load-side terminal to the line-side terminal and disconnect the load-side terminal from the line-side terminal; wherein the first enclosure and the second enclosure are vacuum sealed.
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