US 12,266,491 B2
Switching appliance
Xiaoyan Shi, Shanghai (CN); and Haiyuan Wang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to NOARK ELECTRICS(SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., (CN)
Appl. No. 17/800,722
Filed by NOARK ELECTRICS(SHANGHAI) CO. LTD., Shanghai (CN)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/076694
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/164698, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202020183043.9 (CN), filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082735 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01H 50/04 (2006.01); H01H 50/54 (2006.01); H01H 50/56 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 50/045 (2013.01) [H01H 50/541 (2013.01); H01H 50/56 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switching appliance, comprising a first housing and a second housing installed on one side of the first housing and used to accommodate an auxiliary contact mechanism, wherein the first housing comprises a lower housing, and an upper housing disposed on the top side of the lower housing and used to accommodate a main contact mechanism; the auxiliary contact mechanism comprises a linkage member connected to the main contact mechanism; the side wall of the second housing is provided with a first through hole used to make way for the linkage member; the side wall of the upper housing close to the second housing is provided with a second through hole corresponding to the main contact mechanism inside the upper housing; a mounting leg that extends to the side surface of the side wall of the lower housing is arranged at the bottom of the second housing; a first clamping groove is formed in the side surface, facing the lower housing, of the mounting leg, and a second clamping groove which is opposite to the first clamping groove are formed in the side wall of the lower housing; the mounting leg is connected to the side wall of the lower housing through a connector; the first clamping groove and the second clamping groove are in position-limiting cooperation with two sides of the connector, respectively; and the connector is simultaneously inserted into the first clamping groove and the second clamping groove in a direction perpendicular to the linkage member to fix the second housing and the first housing.