Abstract: A switching system includes a vacuum breaker, a driving plate, a main switch, and a contact-maintaining element. The vacuum breaker includes a fixed electrode, and a mobile electrode configured to move between a closed position and an open position. The driving plate is connected to the mobile electrode. The main switch is configured to move between a first position allowing electrical current to pass in a main circuit and a second position preventing electrical current from passing in the main circuit. The main switch is configured to drive the driving plate during a transition from the first position to the second position to cause the mobile electrode to make a transition from the closed position to the open position. The contact-maintaining element is configured to maintain contact between the driving plate and the main switch and limit acceleration of the driving plate.

Abstract: A switching system for switching an electrical device that includes a vacuum breaker. The vacuum breaker includes a fixed electrode, and a mobile electrode, able to move between a first position, referred to as a closed position, and a second position, referred to as an open position. The electrical device also includes a driving plate connected to the mobile electrode, and a main switch able to move between a first position allowing electrical current to pass in a main electric circuit of the electrical device and a second position preventing electrical current from passing in the main electric circuit, the main switch being configured to drive the driving plate during the transition from the first position to the second position, so as to cause the mobile electrode to make the transition from the closed position to the open position.

Abstract: A switching device, including: a main switch configured to be displaced between a closed position of a main circuit and an open position, a vacuum interrupter including: a fixed electrode, a mobile electrode, configured to be displaced between: a first, so-called closed, position, and a second, so-called open, position, in which the electrodes are apart, a palette configured to make the mobile electrode switch over from the first position to the second position and comprising an electrically conductive plate, the main switch being configured to drive the palette via the plate, a connection wire electrically linking the plate and the mobile electrode, the wire being in electrical contact with a tube disposed in an accommodating recess of the plate, wherein the accommodating recess comprises a wall exerting an elastic holding force on the tube.

Abstract: A switching device, including: a main switch configured to be displaced between a closed position of a main circuit and an open position, a vacuum interrupter including: a fixed electrode, a mobile electrode, configured to be displaced between: a first, so-called closed, position and a second, so-called open, position, in which the electrodes are apart, a palette configured to make the mobile electrode switch over from the first position to the second position and comprising an electrically conductive plate, the main switch being configured to drive the palette via the plate, a connection wire electrically linking the plate and the mobile electrode, the wire being in electrical contact with a tube disposed in an accommodating recess of the plate, wherein the accommodating recess comprises a wall exerting an elastic holding force on the tube.