Abstract:
Déclencheur à pression pour appareil électrique de protection de ligne Déclencheur à pression pour appareil électrique de protection de ligne, du type disjoncteur, délimité par un boîtier et comprenant à l'intérieur du boîtier : - un orifice d'entrée de gaz débouchant sur une chambre amont; - une chambre aval; - un actionneur mobile en rotation à rencontre d'un moyen de rappel entre une position de repos et une position de déclenchement, ledit actionneur étant positionné entre la chambre amont et la chambre aval et délimite en lui-même partiellement la chambre amont ainsi que la chambre aval.
Abstract:
An electrical switching apparatus (2;50) includes separable contacts (10), an operating mechanism (16) structured to open and close the separable contacts, and a trip mechanism (14) cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts. The trip mechanism includes a trip latch (4), and an arc chamber (18) operatively associated with the separable contacts. The arc chamber includes a plurality of arc plates (20) and a barrier (22) disposed between the arc plates and the trip latch. The barrier has an opening (12;58) therein. A trip member (8) is disposed in or about the opening of the barrier of the arc chamber. During interruption of current flowing through the separable contacts, pressure arising from an arc (11) in the arc chamber pushes the trip member away from the barrier of the arc chamber to engage the trip latch and cause the trip mechanism to trip open the separable contacts.
Abstract:
Liquid metal current switch (1) for current limiting and/or circuit breaking, comprising a liquid metal (12, 22) and at least one channel (11a, 11b; 21a) for the liquid metal (12, 22), wherein the liquid metal (12, 22) is moveable between a first position in the channel (11a, 11b; 21a) and a second position in the channel (11a, 11b; 21a), the first position and second position defining a first switching state and a second switching state, respectively, of the liquid metal current switch (1), and wherein further in the first switching state, a first current path (40) and a second current path (42) are provided in parallel for a current through the current switch (1), with the first current path (40) leading at least partially through the liquid metal (12, 22) being in the first position, and in the second switching state, the first current path (40) is interrupted, and the second current path (42) is provided for the current through the current switch (1).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a tripping device for a circuit-breaker comprising contacts that are located in a housing (50) and that can be disconnected by the actuation of a tripping shaft (2) of an interrupting device (40). Said tripping device has a purging channel (26) configured in the housing and allocated to the contacts. In addition, a rotatably mounted lever (6) that interacts with the tripping shaft (2) is provided. A magnetic system (8, 14) can act on the lever (6), deviating the latter to actuate the tripping shaft (2). An accumulating surface (10) that is configured on the lever (6) and allocated to the purging channel, supports the deviation of the lever (6) by being impinged by a pressure impact in the purging channel.
Abstract:
A power distribution panel includes power protection devices, a controller configured to control the operation of the power protection devices, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive electronic field data associated with a conductor coupled to a first insulator sensor. Based on the received data, the electronic processor determines whether an adverse condition associated with one or more components of a power distribution network has occurred. The electronic processor is further configured to determine whether the adverse condition occurred at a portion of the power distribution network on the load side of the one or more power protection devices and in response to determining that the adverse condition occurred at the portion of the power distribution network on the load side of the one or more power protection devices, instructs the controller to control the power protection devices to perform a protective operation.
Abstract:
A low-voltage circuit breaker, comprising: at least one fixed contact, for each pole, which is electrically connected to a terminal for connection to an electric circuit and a corresponding moving contact which is associable/separable with respect to said fixed contact by means of a rotation of said moving contact; an arc chamber positioned in correspondence of said fixed contact; a rotating contact supporting shaft common to all poles, which is functionally connected to an actuation mechanism of the circuit breaker, said actuation mechanism comprising a kinematic system operatively connected to an actuation lever for opening/closing operations and provided with opening springs and a tripping shaft for releasing said kinematic system and allowing its movement from a closed to an open position. The low-voltage circuit breaker is characterized in that it comprises for each pole a quick acting trip device comprising a plunger inserted in a first channel connected to an arc chamber of the corresponding pole, said first channel being positioned proximate to said at least one fixed contact with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the axis of said rotating contact supporting shaft, said plunger having a first operative surface subjected to the pressure of said arc chamber and a second operative surface, said quick acting trip device further comprises a trip lever having a first portion cooperating with said tripping shaft and a second portion cooperating with the second operative surface of said plunger.
Abstract:
A device for transferring motion from a manual lever to a reset lever of a pressure trip mechanism in a molded case circuit breaker. The pressure trip mechanism is activated when hot gasses are released during an arc event and the resultant increase in pressure forces a piston in the mechanism to expand and thereby activate the breaker. In some interruption events, hot gasses, and occasionally fragments of molten metal, are responsible for marring the plastic piston surface of the pressure trip mechanism and prevent the mechanism from returning to its pre-interruption position even when it is biased to the pre-interruption position with a spring. A configuration disclosed herein provides for linking the motion of the hand-driven manual lever used to reset the breaker to the reset lever connected to the pressure trip mechanism in order to force the pressure trip mechanism to return to its pre-interruption position.
Abstract:
Appareil électrique de protection de ligne, du type disjoncteur, comprenant une partie coupure de ligne et une partie déclenchement pour l'activation de la coupure en cas de surcharge ou court-circuit sur une ligne. Cet appareil est caractérisé en ce que ladite surface plane (5) est placée dans la paroi délimitant le volume de la chambre (11) de coupure.
Abstract:
Provided is a circuit breaker, in which the breaking and resetting operations of a contact point unit can be automatically performed by a detecting/breaking unit and a breaking resetting unit. Therefore, the circuit breaker is easy to use and has the improved space efficiency due to its miniaturization, thereby increasing the competitiveness. The circuit breaker having a resetting function and a breaking function for an abnormal current includes a switching unit (20), a contact point unit (30), a detecting/breaking unit (40), a control unit, and a breaking resetting unit (50).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a circuit breaker, which is in a fault situation arranged to disconnect an electrical apparatus, such as a distribution transformer, from an average voltage network or a high voltage network at each terminal. At least one lik-spring mechanism (9 to 12) is arranged at a shaft (6) of the circuit breaker for holding contacts (1, 2) live in connected position and for pushing them apart to the extreme disconnected position when disconnected, while the shaft (6) is brought over the dead spot of its turning. For an initial release, the shaft (6) is at each phase provided with a lever arm (8), each lever arm at each phase being arranged to turn by means of a trip pin (19) of a striker (18) of a high voltage fuse (17) the shaft (6) of the circuit breaker and thus the moving contacts (1) of all phases from said connected position over the dead spot of turning said shaft.