Gas circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10199188-B2
Application number	US-201615547908-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2016
Priority date	Feb 3, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A bidirectional driving mechanism 10 has a drive-side linkage rod 11 , a driven-side linkage rod 13 , two levers 12 that link the drive-side linkage rod with the driven-side linkage rod, and a guide 14 that regulates the operation of the drive-side linkage rod 11 and the driven-side linkage rod 13 . A moveable pin 18 is passed through a first groove cam 16 of the drive-side linkage rod 11 , a second groove cam 17 of the guide 14 , and third groove cams 19 of the levers 12 , and by operation of the drive-side rod 13 , the moveable pin 18 moves within the respective groove cams 16, 17, 19 , causing the levers 12 to rotate, the driven-side linkage rod 13 to be driven in a direction opposite to the drive-side linkage rod 11 , and a driven-side arc electrode 5 to be driven in a direction opposite to a drive-side arc electrode 4.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas circuit breaker comprising:
a drive-side electrode; and
a driven-side electrode which are provided so as to face each other inside a closed tank,
wherein the drive-side electrode includes a drive-side main electrode and a drive-side arc electrode, the driven-side electrode has a driven-side main electrode and a driven-side arc electrode, the drive-side arc electrode is connected to an actuator and the driven-side arc electrode is coupled to a bidirectional driving mechanism,
the bidirectional driving mechanism includes a drive-side linkage rod receiving a driving force from the drive-side electrode, a driven-side linkage rod connected to the driven-side arc electrode, two levers moving the driven-side linkage rod in an opposite direction with respect to a motion of the drive-side linkage rod, and a guide inside which the drive-side linkage rod and the driven-side linkage rod move,
the two levers are arranged on both sides of the guide and fixed to each other so as to rotate freely by a lever fixing member,
a moveable pin penetrates through a first groove cam possessed by the drive-side linkage rod, a second cam possessed by the guide and third cams possessed by the two levers respectively so as to rotate freely, and
a connecting member for connecting between the two levers and the driven-side linkage rod at an opposite position of the moveable pin with the lever fixing member interposed therebetween in the two levers.

2. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 ,
wherein the moveable pin moves in the first groove cam, a second groove cam and third groove cams respectively by a movement of the driven-side linkage rod, thereby rotating the two levers around the lever fixing member, driving the driven-side linkage rod in a direction opposite to the drive-side linkage rod, and driving the driven-side arc electrode connecting to the driven-side linkage rod in a direction opposite to the drive-side arc electrode of the drive-side electrode connecting to the drive-side linkage rod.

3. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first groove cam is configured by a first straight line portion, a second straight line portion provided on a different axial line from the first straight line portion and a connecting portion connecting between the first straight line portion and the second straight line portion, and
a displacement width of the first groove cam in a vertical direction is set so as to fall within a displacement width of the second groove cam in the vertical direction and a displacement width of the third groove cam in the vertical direction.

4. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 3 ,
wherein the two levers stand still when the moveable pin moves in the first straight line portion and the second straight line portion, and
the two levers rotate around the lever fixing member as a fulcrum when the moveable pin moves in the connecting portion.

5. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 4 ,
wherein the moveable pin moves in the second groove cam and the third groove cams respectively in one direction when the moveable pin moves in the connecting portion.

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

7. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 3 ,
wherein the moveable pin moves in the second groove cam and the third groove cams respectively in one direction when the moveable pin moves in the connecting portion.

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

9. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 3 ,
wherein the moveable pin moves in one direction in order of the second straight line portion, the connecting portion and the first connecting portion in an opening operation, and
the moveable pin moves in one direction in order of the first connecting portion, the connecting portion and the second straight line portion in a closing operation.

10. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 3 ,
wherein positional relationship of the first straight line portion, the second straight line portion and the connecting portion of the first groove cam, the second groove cam and the third groove cams is determined by a speed ratio of the driven-side operation with respect to the drive-side operation.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Terada Masanao
• Nakai Yuki
• Oshita Yoichi
• Hashimoto Hiroaki
• Urai Hajime
• Shiraishi Katsuhiko

Classifications

• H01H3/46

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

• H01H2033/028

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

• H01H3/42

  using cam or eccentric · CPC title

• H01H33/42 Primary

  Driving mechanisms · CPC title