Gas circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10153109-B2
Application number	US-201715428364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2017
Priority date	Feb 25, 2016
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

To provide a gas circuit breaker having a space-saving reliable double motion mechanism having a high degree of freedom in design. A double motion mechanism section of the gas circuit breaker is formed of a drive-side connecting rod, a driven-side connecting rod, levers connecting them and a guide regulating operations of the drive-side connecting rod and the driven-side connecting rod. A movable pin is connected to a first grooved cam formed in the drive-side connecting rod, a second grooved cam formed in the guide and third grooved cams formed in the levers respectively, and posture holding members are provided in the movable pin. The movable pin moves in the respective grooved cams by an operation of the drive-side connecting rod, thereby rotating the levers, driving the driven-side connecting rod in an opposite direction of the drive-side connecting rod, and driving the driven-side arcing contact in an opposite direction of the driven-side arcing contact.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas circuit breaker in which a drive-side electrode and a driven-side electrode are provided so as to face each other inside a sealed tank, the drive-side electrode has a drive-side main electrode and a drive-side arcing contact, and the driven-side electrode includes a driven-side main electrode and a driven-side arcing contact, the drive-side arcing contact is connected to an actuator, and the driven-side arcing contact is connected to a double motion mechanism section, wherein
the double motion mechanism section includes a drive-side connecting rod receiving a driving force from the drive-side electrode, a driven-side connecting rod connecting to the driven-side arcing contact, two levers operating the driven-side connecting rod in an opposite direction with respect to an operation of the drive-side connecting rod, and a guide in which the drive-side connecting rod and the driven-side connecting rod move thereinside,
the two levers are arranged on both sides of the outside of the guide, which are fixed to each other so as to rotate freely by a lever fixing pin,
a movable pin is connected to a first grooved cam formed in the drive-side connecting rod, a second grooved cam formed in the guide, and third grooved cams formed in the two levers respectively,
a driven-side moving pin penetrates through lever driven-side holes of the two levers, which are arranged on both sides of the driven-side connecting rod, and a guide groove of the driven-side connecting rod, and
posture holding members, which hold the movable pin so that an axis of the movable pin is approximately orthogonal to an opening/closing operation shaft of a circuit breaker part, and inner surfaces of the posture holding members, which touch outer surfaces of the two levers, are provided.

2. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least two of the posture holding members are arranged in the movable pin, and
the posture holding members contact the respective two levers.

3. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 2 ,
wherein the movable pin moves in the first grooved cam, the second grooved cam and the third grooved cams respectively by an operation of the drive-side connecting rod, thereby rotating the levers, driving the driven-side connecting rod in an opposite direction of the drive-side connecting rod, and driving the driven-side arcing contact connecting to the driven-side connecting rod in an opposite direction of the drive-side arcing contact of the drive-side electrode connecting to the drive-side connecting rod.

4. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first grooved cam includes a first straight line portion, a second straight line portion provided on a different axis from that of the first straight line portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first straight line portion and the second straight line portion, and
a displacement width of the first grooved cam in a vertical direction falls within a displacement width of the second grooved cam in the vertical direction and a displacement width of the third grooved cam in the vertical direction.

5. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 4 ,
wherein the levers are stationary when the movable pin moves on the first straight line portion and the second straight line portion, and
the levers rotate around the lever fixing pin as a fulcrum when the movable pin moves on the connecting portion.

6. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 5 ,
wherein the movable pin moves in the second grooved cam and the third grooved cam respectively when the movable pin moves on the connecting portion.

7. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 6 ,
wherein the movable pin moves in the second straight line portion, the connecting portion and the first straight line portion in one direction in an opening operation, and
the movable pin moves in the first straight line portion, the connecting portion and the second straight line portion in one direction in a closing operation.

8. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 5 ,
wherein the movable pin moves in the second straight line portion, the connecting portion and the first straight line portion in one direction in an opening operation, and
the movable pin moves in the first straight line portion, the connecting portion and the second straight line portion in one direction in a closing operation.

9. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 4 ,
wherein the movable pin moves in the second grooved cam and the third grooved cam respectively when the movable pin moves on the connecting portion.

10. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 9 ,
wherein the movable pin moves in the second straight line portion, the connecting portion and the first straight line portion in one direction in an opening operation, and
the movable pin moves in the first straight line portion, the connecting portion and the second straight line portion in one direction in a closing operation.

11. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 4 ,
wherein the movable pin moves in the second straight line portion, the connecting portion and the first straight line portion in one direction in an opening operation, and
the movable pin moves in the first straight line portion, the connecting portion and the second straight line portion in one direction in a closing operation.

12. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 4 ,
wherein a positional relation among the first straight line portion, the second straight line portion and the connecting portion of the first grooved cam, the second grooved cam and the third grooved cam is determined by a speed ratio of an operation of the driven-side electrode with respect to an operation of the drive-side electrode.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Terada Masanao
• Hashimoto Hiroaki
• Nagao Riichi
• Hasegawa Yu
• Iida Takashi

Classifications

• H01H2033/028

  the cooperating contacts being both actuated simultaneously in opposite directions · CPC title

• H01H33/42 Primary

  Driving mechanisms · CPC title

• H01H33/32 Primary

  pneumatic · CPC title

• H01H33/88

  the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts · CPC title

• H01H33/565

  Gas-tight sealings for moving parts penetrating into the reservoir · CPC title