Electricity: magnetically operated switches – magnets – and electr – Electromagnetically actuated switches – Automatic circuit-interrupting devices
Patent
1997-09-23
1999-07-20
Scott, J. R.
Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electr
Electromagnetically actuated switches
Automatic circuit-interrupting devices
335190, H01H 7500, H01H 300
Patent
active
059260815
ABSTRACT:
A circuit breaker includes a cam assembly which holds the load blade in contact with the line strap during normal operation. The cam assembly includes a cam surface on a cam which can slide along the load blade and a bearing surface on the load blade. In normal operation, the cam is biased on the load blade so that the cam surface engages the bearing surface. The force applied by the cam surface to the bearing surface in normal operation is approximately parallel to the force applied by the load blade to the line strap, thus, the cam surface does not tend to slide along the bearing surface during normal operation. When a high overcurrent fault occurs, blow-open forces exerted between the load blade and the line strap cause the cam to pivot to a position where the cam surface no longer engages the bearing surface, allowing the load blade to swing free of the cam and break the contact between the load blade and the line strap. As the load blade swings free of the cam, it engages a further cam surface of the cam which reduces the biasing force essentially to zero, thereby increasing the opening speed of the blade. In addition, the frictional force of the further cam surface against the load blade prevents the load blade from reestablishing contact with the line strap until the mechanism trips, keeping the load blade in the open position.
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DiMarco Bernard
Guiney Bruce D.
Reeves Neal
Scott J. R.
Siemens Energy & Automation Inc.
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