US 11,948,760 B2
Hybrid relay
Steve Chapel, Iliff, CO (US); and William Pachoud, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Zonit Structured Solutions, LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by Zonit Structured Solutions, LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,382.
Application 18/133,382 is a continuation of application No. 17/201,960, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,626,262.
Application 17/201,960 is a continuation of application No. 16/055,338, filed on Aug. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,950,399, issued on Mar. 19, 2021.
Application 16/055,338 is a continuation of application No. 15/425,831, filed on Feb. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,068,730, issued on Sep. 4, 2018.
Application 15/425,831 is a continuation of application No. 14/217,172, filed on Mar. 17, 2014, granted, now 9,601,284, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/798,593, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0245844 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H01H 29/00 (2006.01); H01H 9/56 (2006.01); H01H 57/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 29/004 (2013.01) [H01H 9/56 (2013.01); H01H 57/00 (2013.01); H01H 2029/008 (2013.01); H01H 2057/006 (2013.01); H01H 2201/022 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical switch, comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein an electrical circuit is closed when said first and second electrodes are in electrical contact and said circuit is opened when said first and second electrodes are electrically disconnected;
a primary switch mechanism for moving at least one of said first and second electrodes between first and second positions, wherein, in said first position, said first and second electrodes are separated by a first distance and, in said second position, said first and second electrodes are separated by a second distance that is less than at first distance but greater than zero;
a secondary switch mechanism, operative independent of said first switch mechanism, for establishing an electrical connection between said first and second electrodes when said first and second electrodes are in said second position; and
a control system for controlling operation of at least one of said first and second switch mechanisms such that one of a connection between said first and second electrodes and a disconnection between said first and second electrodes is synchronized with a phase of said power signal.