Arc discharge suppressive terminal pair

Provided is a pair of arc discharge suppressive terminals electrically communicable with each other by engagement of the terminal pair. At least one of the terminal pair has a final contact site which is in contact with the counterpart terminal at a final stage of disengagement of the terminal pair....

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Main Authors HIRAI, HIROKI, OTA, KOUJI, MASAHIRO, SHIBATA, YAGI NARITO, HAYASHI, NORIKI, TSUJI, YOSHITSUGU, KANDA, MASAHIKO, TAKANO, SATOSHI, KIMURA, ATSUSHI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 20.12.2006
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
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Summary:Provided is a pair of arc discharge suppressive terminals electrically communicable with each other by engagement of the terminal pair. At least one of the terminal pair has a final contact site which is in contact with the counterpart terminal at a final stage of disengagement of the terminal pair. At least the final contact site is covered with an arc discharge suppressive layer containing a first metal having a melting point of 1,550 DEG C or higher. It is preferable that the terminal pair contact with each other at a portion corresponding to a main contact site other than the arc discharge suppressive layer in a completely engaged state where the one of the terminal pair and the counterpart terminal are tightly engaged with each other. Preferably, the main contact site has a surface made of a material having a higher conductivity than the arc discharge suppressive layer. This arrangement effectively suppresses occurrence of are discharge at a time of disengagement of the terminal pair.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20030004228