Structure of contacts for air circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10020128-B2
Application number	US-201615333064-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2016
Priority date	Dec 28, 2015
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a structure of contacts for an air circuit breaker, in which a movable contact arm can be stably brought into contact with a fixed contact arm by changing an applying direction of an electromagnetic repulsive force generated between a movable contact and a fixed contact, and, to this end, the structure, which includes the fixed contact arm having the fixed contact, and the movable contact arm having the movable contact and rotatably installed to be brought into contact with or separated from the fixed contact arm, is configured such that the fixed contact and the movable contact have contact surfaces, respectively, disposed in an inclined manner, and a line commonly passing the contact surfaces of the fixed contact and the movable contact forms an acute angle with respect to a line passing through a center of a longitudinal axis of the movable contact arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A structure of contacts for an aft circuit breaker, the structure comprising:
a fixed contact arm having a fixed contact; and
a movable contact arm having a movable contact, and rotatably installed to be brought into contact with or separated from the fixed contact arm,
wherein the fixed contact and the movable contact have contact surfaces, respectively, that are disposed in an inclined manner, and
wherein a line commonly passing the contact surfaces of the fixed contact and the movable contact forms an acute angle with respect to a line passing through a center of a longitudinal axis of the movable contact arm,
wherein the movable contact arm is located on a cage rotatably installed in a housing, wherein a contact spring is interposed between the cage and the movable contact arm, wherein the contact spring, the movable contact and a rotation shaft of the movable contact arm are sequentially arranged in a longitudinal axial direction of the movable contact arm, starting from an end of the movable contact arm, and
wherein the contact spring is located perpendicular to the longitudinal axial direction of the movable contact arm,
wherein the fixed contact is coupled to a fixed contact sheet that is formed by bending a part of the fixed contact arm, and the movable contact is coupled to a movable contact sheet that is formed by bending a part of the movable contact arm.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the acute angle is formed in the range of 10° to 40°.

Assignees

• Lsis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Woojin

Classifications

• H01H1/221

  and a contact pressure spring acting between the pivoted member and a supporting member · CPC title

• H01H77/101

  with increasing of contact pressure by electrodynamic forces before opening · CPC title

• H01H73/18

  Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc {(magnet coil acting as blow-out device H01H71/38)} · CPC title

• H01H33/04

  Means for extinguishing or preventing arc between current-carrying parts · CPC title

• H01H1/06 Primary

  characterised by the shape or structure of the contact-making surface, e.g. grooved · CPC title