MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517053428 A) filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, on June 2, for 'switching device with terminal contacts.'

Inventor(s) include Sabale, Varsha Hrishikesh; Linden, Ralph; Zacharias, Albert; Konietzko, Thomas; Nandan, Bharat; and Das, Asish.

The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A switching device (10) comprises a first and a second terminal contact (11, 12), a first fixed contact (13) arranged at the first terminal contact (11), a second fixed contact (14) arranged at the second terminal contact (12), a slot motor (50) comprising a first and a second motor part (51, 52), a contact bridge (40) and a first and a second movable contact (41, 42) arranged at the contact bridge (40). The first and second terminal contact (11, 12) comprise a sandwich structure (20) of at least a first and a second layer (21, 22). The first layer (21) is made of a non- ferromagnetic material and the second layer (22) is made of a ferromagnetic material. The first and second motor part (51, 52) provide a magnetic field at the first and second fixed contact (13, 14) and at the first and second movable contact (41, 42)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 20, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/025489.

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