公开(公告)号：US10937613B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US16742978

申请日：2020-01-15

申请人： S&C Electric Company

发明人： Daniel Desmond ,  Ciprian Gavrincea ,  Raphael Guio ,  Sigurd A. Nelson, II ,  Marc Witham

IPC分类号： H01H33/664 ,  H01H33/14

摘要： A switch assembly for high voltage applications, where the switch assembly includes a traditional mechanical switch and a triggered gap device electrically coupled in parallel. The mechanical switch includes a first switch contact and a second switch contact, where one or both of the first switch contact and the second switch contact are movable to engage and disengage the first and second switch contacts to allow or prevent current flow therethrough. The triggered gap device includes a vacuum enclosure, a first stationary contact positioned within the enclosure and a second stationary contact positioned within the enclosure, where a gap is defined between the first and second stationary contacts. The triggered gap device further includes a plasma control device that allows creation of a plasma in the gap that causes an arc between the stationary contacts on the order of micro-seconds that allows current flow between the contacts.

公开(公告)号：US20200258703A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：US16742978

申请日：2020-01-15

申请人： S&C Electric Company

发明人： Daniel Desmond ,  Ciprian Gavrincea ,  Raphael Guio ,  Sigurd A. Nelson, II ,  Marc Witham

IPC分类号： H01H33/664 ,  H01H33/14

摘要： A switch assembly for high voltage applications, where the switch assembly includes a traditional mechanical switch and a triggered gap device electrically coupled in parallel. The mechanical switch includes a first switch contact and a second switch contact, where one or both of the first switch contact and the second switch contact are movable to engage and disengage the first and second switch contacts to allow or prevent current flow therethrough. The triggered gap device includes a vacuum enclosure, a first stationary contact positioned within the enclosure and a second stationary contact positioned within the enclosure, where a gap is defined between the first and second stationary contacts. The triggered gap device further includes a plasma control device that allows creation of a plasma in the gap that causes an arc between the stationary contacts on the order of micro-seconds that allows current flow between the contacts.

公开(公告)号：US20230116363A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17947483

申请日：2022-09-19

申请人： S&C Electric Company

发明人： Nicholas Seng ,  Keith W. Benson ,  Raphael Guio ,  Gregory Wilk ,  Jason R. Bogusz ,  Kam Wa Cheng ,  Ryan Michael Evans ,  Leo Caro ,  Héctor Román

IPC分类号： H01H33/664 ,  H01H33/662

摘要： A vacuum interrupter including a vacuum bottle, a fixed contact extending through one end of the vacuum bottle and a movable contact positioned within the vacuum bottle relative to the fixed contact so that a gap is defined between the fixed contact and the movable contact when the vacuum interrupter is open and the fixed contact and the movable contact are in contact with each other when the vacuum interrupter is closed. An insulated drive rod is rigidly coupled to the movable contact opposite to the fixed contact and a circular flexible conductor is coupled to the movable contact and flexes when the movable contact is moved by the drive rod. The flexible conductor can be, for example, a laminate structure including a plurality of stacked conductive laminates each having a plurality of spirals separated by gaps or a linear spring trampoline conductor.

公开(公告)号：US20200075235A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16556319

申请日：2019-08-30

申请人： S&C Electric Company

发明人： Alejandro Montenegro ,  Raphael Guio ,  Claire Schauble

IPC分类号： H01F41/02 ,  H01F41/079 ,  H01F41/12

摘要： A current transformer assembly for harvesting power from a primary conductor, such as a power line, for operating electronics, where the assembly is secured to the conductor while the conductor is connected. The assembly includes a current transformer having a transformer structure with a central opening that accepts the primary conductor and a spindle member for accepting a current transformer magnetic tape operating as the core of the current transformer. The assembly also includes a tape carrier secured to the structure on which the transformer tape is wound, and a winding device operable to unwind the transformer tape from the tape carrier and wind the tape onto the spindle member.