US 12,437,946 B2
Electrical switching element with status indicator and kit for such an element
Titus Ziegler, Berlin (DE); Oliver Steeg, Bensheim (DE); and Michael Gudith, Bensheim (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed by TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/944,708.
Claims priority of application No. 102021123868.4 (DE), filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079711 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01H 47/00 (2006.01); H01H 50/02 (2006.01); H01H 50/18 (2006.01); H01H 50/44 (2006.01); H01H 71/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 47/002 (2013.01) [H01H 50/02 (2013.01); H01H 50/18 (2013.01); H01H 50/44 (2013.01); H01H 2071/048 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical switching element, comprising:
a housing having a wall and a raised annular support both projecting into the housing in an extrusion direction, the wall forms a receptacle, the raised annular support is positioned around the wall;
an armature moved by a coil arrangement;
a contact arrangement switchable by the armature into at least two switching statuses; and
a magnetic field sensor outputting a magnetic field-dependent switching signal representing the switching statuses, the armature, the contact arrangement, and the magnetic field sensor are arranged in the housing, the armature is arranged between the contact arrangement and the magnetic field sensor, the magnetic field sensor is arranged in a bush of the armature, the magnetic field sensor is accommodated in a sensor housing, the sensor housing is disposed in the receptacle and has a shape complementary to the receptacle.