ELECTRIC COMMUTATION DEVICE HAVING ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC FUNCTION Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC H01H9/34 H01H83/22 

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: electric commutation device is intended for attachment to a fixation support and contains at least one electric commutation module (2, 3) and at least one module (1) having an additional electric function, in particular - that of differential protection. At least one of the additional modules (1) is located close to at least one commutation module (2, 3). One or every commutation module (2, 3) contains an arc-extinguishing chamber (7, 8). The arc-extinguishing chamber (7, 8) of the module (2, 3) located opposite the additional module (1) has a surface (11, 12) curved relative to the arc-extinguishing chamber inner part to create a space (E, F) inside the chamber that ensures the possibility of accommodating part of the additional module volume therein (1). The ends (13, 14, 15 and 16) of the arc-extinguishing chamber (7, 8) encompass the additional module (1) volume.

EFFECT: improvement of the device operating characteristics without increase of it overall width.

10 cl, 3 dwg