US 12,230,464 B2
Arc path-forming part and direct current relay comprising same
Jung Woo Yoo, Anyang-si (KR); Han Mi Ru Kim, Anyang-si (KR); and Young Ho Lee, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Anyang-si (KR)
Appl. No. 18/013,487
Filed by LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Anyang-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/007736
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/005077, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0079601 (KR), filed on Jun. 29, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0079603 (KR), filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0290599 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H01H 50/38 (2006.01); H01H 50/54 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 50/38 (2013.01) [H01H 50/54 (2013.01)] 51 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arc path-forming part comprising:
a magnet frame having a space part, in which a fixed contactor and a movable contactor are accommodated, formed therein;
a Halbach array located in the space part of the magnet frame and configured to form a magnetic field in the space part,
wherein a length of the space part in one direction is formed to be greater than a length thereof in the other direction,
the magnet frame includes:
a first surface and a second surface which extend in the one direction, are disposed to face each other, and are configured to surround a portion of the space part; and
a third surface and a fourth surface which extend in the other direction, are continuous with the first surface and the second surface, respectively, are disposed to face each other, and are configured to surround a remaining portion of the space part, and
the Halbach array includes a plurality of blocks disposed side by side in the other direction and in contact with at least one other block of the plurality of blocks and formed of a magnetic material, and is disposed adjacent to one or more surfaces of the third surface and the fourth surface.