Gear unit housing cover interconnect within a circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10600585-B2
Application number	US-201716322596-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2017
Priority date	Aug 2, 2016
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

A gear unit housing for a gear unit includes a two-sided control lever for moving two switching contacts of a circuit breaker in opposite directions. The gear unit housing includes a housing cassette having a housing base and a cover plate detachably connected to the housing cassette by screw connections and lying opposite to the housing base. A bearing shaft for mounting the control lever for rotation about the bearing shaft is connected to the housing cassette and to the cover plate and extends between the housing base and the cover plate. At least one stud element form-lockingly connects the housing cassette and the cover plate. A gear unit having the gear unit housing is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gear unit housing for a gear unit having a two-sided control lever for moving two switch contacts of a circuit breaker in mutually opposite directions, the gear unit housing comprising:
a housing cassette having a housing base;
a cover plate lying opposite to said housing base;
screw connections detachably interconnecting said cover plate and said housing cassette;
a bearing shaft connected to said housing cassette and to said cover plate, said bearing shaft extending between said housing base and said cover plate for mounting the control lever rotatably about said bearing shaft; and
at least one stud element form-lockingly interconnecting said housing cassette and said cover plate.

2. The gear unit housing according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one stud element extends parallel to said bearing shaft.

3. The gear unit housing according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one stud element is formed in one piece with said housing cassette, said cover plate has a cover plate cut-out corresponding to said at least one stud element, and said stud element protrudes into said cover plate cut-out.

4. The gear unit housing according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one stud element is formed in one piece with said cover plate, said housing cassette has a cassette cut-out corresponding to said at least one stud element, and said stud element protrudes into said cassette cut-out.

5. The gear unit housing according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one stud element is a fitting screw having an outer thread, being guided through a cut-out in said cover plate, and being screwed into a cut-out in said housing cassette having an inner thread corresponding to said outer thread of said fitting screw.

6. The gear unit housing according to claim 1 , wherein said bearing shaft is formed in one piece with said housing cassette, said cover plate has a cover plate cut-out corresponding to said bearing shaft, and said bearing shaft protrudes into said cover plate cut-out.

7. The gear unit housing according to claim 1 , wherein said bearing shaft is formed in one piece with said cover plate, said housing cassette has a cassette cut-out corresponding to said bearing shaft, and said bearing shaft protrudes into said cassette cut-out.

8. The gear unit housing according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one stud element is a pin element guided through a cut-out in said cover plate into a cut-out in said housing cassette.

9. The gear unit housing according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one pin element is a tensioning pin.

10. A gear unit for moving first and second switch contacts of a circuit breaker in mutually opposite directions, the gear unit comprising:
a gear unit housing according to claim 1 ;
a two-sided control lever disposed in said gear unit housing, said control lever having a first lever side connected to the first switch contact and a second lever side connected to the second switch contact, and said control lever having a lever cut-out formed therein; and
said bearing shaft of said gear unit housing being guided through said lever cut-out for mounting said control lever rotatably about said bearing shaft.

11. The gear unit according to claim 10 , which further comprises a guide rail protruding into said gear unit housing, and a stud interconnecting said second lever side and the second switch contact, said stud being guided in said guide rail, and said second lever side protruding into said guide rail.

12. A circuit breaker, comprising a gear unit according to claim 10 .

13. The gear unit according to claim 10 , which further comprises a drive rod interconnecting said first lever side and the first switch contact, said drive rod protruding into said gear unit housing.

14. The gear unit according to claim 13 , wherein said first lever side has at least one coupling lug, said drive rod has a control lever-side end region with an oblong hole formed therein, and said at least one coupling lug is guided in said oblong hole.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Huebner Sebastian
• Krehnke Martin
• Nowakowski Andrzej

Classifications

• H01H3/46

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

• H01H9/02 Primary

  Bases, casings, or covers (accommodating more than one switch or a switch and another electrical component H02B1/26) · CPC title

• H01H2033/028

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

• H01H33/42

  Driving mechanisms · CPC title

• H01H2003/326

  using bearings · CPC title