Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit breaker arrangement and power distribution unit
- Patent Title (中): 断路器配置和配电单元
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Application No.: US14279599Application Date: 2014-05-16
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Publication No.: US09449777B2Publication Date: 2016-09-20
- Inventor: Juha Markus Sievi-Korte , Tarmo Aulis Ahola , Ari Pekka Kurjanen
- Applicant: Juha Markus Sievi-Korte , Tarmo Aulis Ahola , Ari Pekka Kurjanen
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: EFORE OYJ
- Current Assignee: EFORE OYJ
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: EP13167957 20130516
- Main IPC: H02H3/08
- IPC: H02H3/08 ; H01H83/20 ; H01H71/66 ; H01H71/68 ; H01H71/70

Abstract:
A circuit breaker arrangement in supply of electric power has advantageous applications especially in power distribution units which supply DC power to electrical devices. Electromechanical circuit breakers are commonly used for circuit protection. They have a disadvantage of fixed tripping conditions, which can only be changed by changing the circuit breaker component. This is solved by providing a circuit breaker arrangement which has an electromechanical circuit breaker with a first, fixed tripping condition, and an additional circuit, which monitors the output current and mechanically trips the circuit breaker if the current exceeds a second tripping condition. This way, it is possible to use the first tripping condition of the electromechanical circuit breaker and/or a second, controllable tripping condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140340801A1 Circuit breaker arrangement and power distribution unit Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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