Switching device and an electric power distribution switchgear

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10049838-B2
Application number	US-201615575458-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2016
Priority date	Jun 11, 2015
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A power distribution switchgear including a housing to which a switch is mounted, housing has an opening, the first and second electric contact connected to a first and second conductors. A rotating operating shaft of inserted into the opening, and an actuator having a first end coupled to the shaft and a second end coupled to the second contact. The actuator and shaft made of an electrically insulating material. The shaft supported in the housing by the actuator member. The interface is located at a distance D from the longitudinal axis Y of the shaft that is longer than a distance d between axis Y and a circumferential edge that delimits the opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A switching device for an encapsulated electric power distribution switchgear comprising
a switch,
an electrically conductive housing to which the switch is mounted, and which housing has an opening that leads into the housing, wherein the switch includes a first electric contact assembly electrically connected to a first electric conductor and a second electric contact assembly electrically connected to a second electric conductor, the second electric contact assembly being movable in relation to the first electric contact assembly and in relation to the housing,

the switching device further including
an insulated operating shaft of electrically insulating material for operating the switch and having a longitudinal axis Y and being rotatable about its longitudinal axis Y in relation to the housing, and of which a part is inserted into the housing via the opening,
an actuator member located inside the housing and having a first end coupled to the operating shaft and a second end coupled to the second electric contact assembly,

wherein, by rotation of the operating shaft coupled to the actuator member, the second electric contact assembly is movable between a first closed position of the switch and a second open position of the switch, in which closed position the second contact assembly is in contact with the first electric contact assembly and in which open position the second contact assembly is not in contact with the first electric contact assembly,
wherein
the actuator member is made of an electrically insulating material,
the operating shaft extends through the opening and into the housing without directly contacting the housing at the opening,
the operating shaft is supported in the housing by the actuator member,
the actuator member is movably supported in the housing at a connection area that is located within the housing and which connection area forms an interface between the actuator member and the housing, and that
the interface is located at a first distance D from the longitudinal axis Y of the operating shaft that is longer than a second distance d between the longitudinal axis Y of the operating shaft and a circumferential edge that delimits the opening in the housing, which first and second distances are measured in the same radial direction in relation to the longitudinal axis Y.

2. The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator member is rotatably supported in the housing in the connection area.

3. The switching device according to claim 2 , wherein the actuator member is rotatably supported in the housing in the connection area by means of at least one bearing device mounted in the housing.

4. The switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one bearing device is an electrically conductive bearing device that is attached mechanically and electrically to the electrically conductive housing.

5. The switching device according to claim 2 , wherein the actuator member is supported directly in the housing in the connection area.

6. The switching device according to claim 2 , wherein the operating shaft is supported in the housing solely by the actuator member.

7. The switching device according to claim 2 , wherein the second end of the actuator member includes a tube shaped part and the operating shaft is coupled to the actuator member by being supported in the tube shaped part of the actuator member.

8. The switching device according to claim 2 , wherein the opening is a first entry opening for the operating shaft into the housing and the housing further includes a second exit opening through which the operating shaft exits from the housing, and wherein the operating shaft extends through the second exit opening without directly contacting the housing at the second exit opening, and the interface is located at a first distance D from the longitudinal axis Y of the operating shaft that is longer than a second distance d between the longitudinal axis Y of the operating shaft and a circumferential edge that delimits the second opening in the housing, which first and second distances are measured in the same radial direction in relation to the longitudinal axis Y.

9. The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator member is supported directly in the housing in the connection area.

10. The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the operating shaft is supported in the housing solely by the actuator member.

11. The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the actuator member includes a tube shaped part and the operating shaft is coupled to the actuator member by being supported in the tube shaped part of the actuator member.

12. The switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is a first entry opening for the operating shaft into the housing and the housing further includes a second exit opening through which the operating shaft exits from the housing, and wherein the operating shaft extends through the second exit opening without directly contacting the housing at the second exit opening, and the interface is located at a first distance D from the longitudinal axis Y of the operating shaft that is longer than a second distance d between the longitudinal axis Y of the operating shaft and a circumferential edge that delimits the second opening in the housing, which first and second distances are measured in the same radial direction in relation to the longitudinal axis Y.

13. An electric power distribution switchgear including a sealed gas tight encapsulation inside which is located at least one switching device including
a switch,
an electrically conductive housing to which the switch is mounted, and which housing has an opening that leads into the housing,

wherein the switch includes a first electric contact assembly electrically connected to a first electric conductor and a second electric contact assembly electrically connected to a second electric conductor, the second electric contact assembly being movable in relation to the first electric contact assembly and in relation to the housing,
the switching device further including
an insulated operating shaft of electrically insulating material for operating the switch and having a longitudinal axis Y and being rotatable about its longitudinal axis Y in relation to the housing, and of which a part is inserted into the housing via the opening,
an actuator member located inside the housing and having a first end coupled to the operating shaft and a second end coupled to the second electric contact assembly, wherein, by rotation of the operating shaft coupled to the actuator member, the second electric contact assembly is movable between a first closed position of the switch and a second open position of the switch, in which closed position the second contact assembly is in contact with the first electric contact assembly and in which open position the second contact assembly is not in contact with the first electric contact assembly, wherein
the actuator member is made of an electrically insulating material,
the operating shaft extends through the opening and into the housing without directly contacting the housing at the opening,
the operating shaft is supported in the housing by the actuator member,
the actuator member is movably supported in the housing at a connection area that is located within the housing and which connection area forms an interface between the actuator member and the housing, and that
the interface is located at a first distance D from the longitudinal axis Y of the operating shaft that is longer than a

Assignees

• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Saxegaard Magne
• Talmo Ståle
• Lohne Stanley

Classifications

• H01H33/24 Primary

  Means for preventing discharge to non-current-carrying parts, e.g. using corona ring · CPC title

• H01H2239/044

  High voltage application · CPC title

• H01H3/46

  using rod or lever linkage, e.g. toggle · CPC title

• H01H2205/002

  fixed to operating part · CPC title

• H01H33/42

  Driving mechanisms · CPC title