US 12,080,499 B2
Contactor with movable contact
Raghunandan S. Shanbhag, Bangalore (IN); Rakshit R. Baliga, Bangalore (IN); Xiaobao Geng, Troy, MI (US); and Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri, Sao Paulo (BR)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH-CH; TE Connectivity Brasil Industria De Electronicos Ltda.-BR, (BR); and TE Connectivity India Private Limited, (IN)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); TE CONNECTIVITY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, Bangalore (IN); and TE CONNECTIVITY BRASIL INDUSTRIA DE ELECTRONICOS LTDA, Braganca Paulista (BR)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,259.
Prior Publication US 2023/0223227 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01H 50/20 (2006.01); H01H 50/02 (2006.01); H01H 50/44 (2006.01); H01H 50/58 (2006.01); H01H 50/64 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 50/20 (2013.01) [H01H 50/02 (2013.01); H01H 50/44 (2013.01); H01H 50/64 (2013.01); H01H 50/58 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A contactor comprising:
a housing having an outer wall defining a cavity;
a first fixed contact coupled to the housing, the first fixed contact having a first mating end received in the cavity and a first terminating end outside of the housing, the first mating end oriented along a first plane;
a second fixed contact coupled to the housing, the second fixed contact having a second mating end received in the cavity and a second terminating end outside of the housing, the second mating end oriented along the first plane;
a movable contact oriented parallel to the first plane, the movable contact movable within the cavity between a mated position and an unmated position, the movable contact engaging the second mating end in the mated position, the movable contact separated from the second fixed contact in the unmated position;
a flexible busbar coupled to the first mating end and coupled to the movable contact, the flexible busbar electrically connecting the first fixed contact and the movable contact in both the mated position and the unmated position; and
a coil assembly in the cavity operated to move the movable contact between the unmated position and the mating position.