Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switchgear visible disconnect mechanical interlock
- Patent Title (中): 开关柜可见断开机械互锁
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Application No.: US13355848Application Date: 2012-01-23
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Publication No.: US08729985B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: Scott A. Bullock , Garry F. Raines
- Applicant: Scott A. Bullock , Garry F. Raines
- Applicant Address: US VA Bristol
- Assignee: Electro-Mechanical Corporation
- Current Assignee: Electro-Mechanical Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Bristol
- Agency: The Van Winkle Law Firm
- Agent Steven C. Schnedler
- Main IPC: H01H67/02
- IPC: H01H67/02

Abstract:
Electrical switchgear which combines, connected electrically in series, a visible disconnect switch (operated by a main switch actuator) and a circuit breaker module (which may also be termed an interrupter) including circuit breaker contacts which are opened and closed by an electrically-activated magnetic actuator and capable of interrupting fault currents. The magnetic actuator is stable in either a breaker-closed state or a breaker-open state without requiring electrical current flow through the magnetic actuator. An interlock is provided such that, as the main switch actuator begins to move from its switch-closed position to its switch-open position, the breaker-closed state is destabilized to open the circuit breaker contacts. An interlock is also provided such that the circuit breaker contacts cannot close while the visible disconnect switch is open.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130187733A1 SWITCHGEAR VISIBLE DISCONNECT MECHANICAL INTERLOCK Public/Granted day:2013-07-25
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