High-speed circuit breaking array for breaking a current path in a switching device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10217589-B2
Application number	US-201515529089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A high-speed circuit breaking array, for breaking a current path in a switching device in the event of a short circuit or overload, has a drive for moving a drive armature from a standby position to a trigger position, wherein the movement of the drive armature is designed to act on at least one movable contact of the switching device in such a way that the current path is broken using a holding device. A switching device having a contact system has at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact, wherein in order to make and break a current path the movable contact can be reversibly moved in relation to the fixed contact between a make position and a break position using a drive for the purpose of functional switching, and has a high-speed circuit breaking array of this type.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high-speed circuit breaker arrangement for interrupting a current path in a switching device in the event of short-circuiting or overload, the arrangement comprising:
a drive configured to move a drive armature from a standby position into a tripping position, the movement of the drive armature being configured to act on at least one moving contact of the switching device such that a current path is interrupted;
a holding apparatus configured to hold the drive armature the tripping position,
wherein the holding apparatus includes a holding armature, rigidly coupled to the drive armature, and a magnet arrangement,
wherein the holding armature is held in a holding position by a magnetic force of the magnet arrangement as soon as the drive armature reaches the tripping position, and
wherein the high-speed circuit breaker arrangement is configured solely for interrupting the current path in the switching device in the event of short-circuiting or overload, and is independent of a drive configured to switch the switching device during operation.

2. The high-speed circuit breaker arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the magnet arrangement includes a coil.

3. The high-speed circuit breaker arrangement of claim 2 , wherein an electromagnetic force of the coil supplied with current holds the holding armature in the holding position.

4. The high-speed circuit breaker arrangement of claim 3 , wherein the holding armature can be released by disconnecting the coil.

5. The high-speed circuit breaker arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the magnet arrangement includes a permanently magnetic system configured to hold the holding armature in the holding position.

6. The high-speed circuit breaker arrangement of claim 5 , wherein a coil is configured to generate an electromagnetic force in order to overcome the magnetic force of the permanently magnetic system and to release the holding armature.

7. The high-speed circuit breaker arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the holding apparatus can be moved back by a drive configured to switch the switching device during operation, so that the drive armature can move back into the standby position.

8. A switching device, comprising:
a contact system including the high-speed circuit breaker arrangement of claim 1 ,
wherein the contact system includes a fixed contact and the moving contact,
wherein the moving contact is reversibly movable, relative to the fixed contact, between a closed position and an open position in order to close and interrupt the current path by a drive configured to switch during operation.

9. The switching device of claim 8 , wherein, during a switching-off process, the holding apparatus can be moved back by the drive configured to switch the switching device during operation.

10. The switching device of claim 9 , wherein, in the holding apparatus including a permanently magnetic system, a force of the drive configured to switch during operation is applied to the holding armature during the switching-off process in order to overcome a holding force of the permanently magnetic system.

Assignees

• Eaton Electrical Ip Gmbh & Co
• Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd

Inventors

• Lang Volker

Classifications

• H01H50/32 Primary

  Latching movable parts mechanically · CPC title

• H01H2050/325

  Combined electrical and mechanical interlocking, e.g. usually for auxiliary contacts · CPC title

• H01H71/321

  characterised by the magnetic circuit or active magnetic elements · CPC title

• H01H71/322

  with plunger type armature · CPC title

• H01H71/32

  having permanently magnetised part · CPC title