Electricity: magnetically operated switches – magnets – and electr – Electromagnetically actuated switches – Automatic circuit-interrupting devices
Patent
1989-01-09
1992-11-17
Donovan, Lincoln
Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electr
Electromagnetically actuated switches
Automatic circuit-interrupting devices
335 20, 335201, H01H 7500
Patent
active
051646935
ABSTRACT:
A remotely controllable circuit breaker has an improved scheme for effecting rapid arc extinction as well as protecting the breaker contact from the resulting arc current. The breaker includes first and second movable contacts 11 and 12 which are held respectively on parallel extending first and second contact arms 31 and 32 and are driven individually by a switching mechanism 20 including a manual handle 22 with a contact trip capability and by a remotely controllable switch 60. An arc runner 115 is connected to be in the same electrical potential as the second contact arm 32 and extends in the contact separating direction for receiving the one end of the arc developed between the rapidly separating contacts 11 and 12 and guiding the arc toward an arc extinguishing chute 110 as the first contact 11 moves away from the second contact 12. The arc runner 115 is connected at its end opposite to the arc chute 110 to an arc drive member 116 which extends immediately behind the second contact arm 32 in parallel relation thereto. The repulsion force acts to urge the arc toward the arc chute 110 for rapid arc extinction. At this time, the arc current will bypass the second contact arm 32 for protecting it from the overcurrent.
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Kondo Hideya
Kunimoto Youichi
Yano Manabu
Yokoyama Youichi
Coit Laurence
Donovan Lincoln
Electric Power Research Institute Inc.
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