Vacuum bottle for electrical switching device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10614980-B2
Application number	US-201816180334-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2018
Priority date	Dec 4, 2017
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A vacuum bottle that is intended for an electrical switching device includes a cylindrical body of insulating material closed at each end respectively by a first metal cover and a second metal cover, and a mobile electrode that passes through the first cover and that cooperates with a fixed electrode between a closed position in which the two electrodes are in contact with each other and an open position in which the two electrodes are separated. The bottle includes the second cover corresponding to the fixed electrode of the vacuum bottle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vacuum bottle intended for an electrical switching device, comprising
a cylindrical body of insulating material closed at each end respectively by a first metal cover and a second metal cover, the vacuum bottle including a mobile electrode that passes through the first cover and that cooperates with a fixed electrode between a closed position in which the mobile electrode and the fixed electrode are in contact with each other and an open position in which the mobile electrode and the fixed electrode are separated, wherein the second cover corresponds to the fixed electrode of the vacuum bottle and includes projections intended to be connected directly with a busbar belonging to a pole of the electrical switching device,
wherein the second cover includes a central fixed contact zone having a shape of a spherical cap turned towards an inside of the vacuum bottle, wherein the mobile electrode includes a mobile contact zone of rounded shape situated facing the fixed contact zone and wherein the fixed contact zone presents a curve radius greater than that of the mobile contact zone.

2. The vacuum bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the second cover also comprises a concentric recess, turned towards the inside of the vacuum bottle and placed between the central contact zone and an outside zone for fastening the cover to the cylindrical body.

3. The vacuum bottle according to claim 2 , wherein the vacuum bottle comprises a metal fastening strap between the cylindrical body and the second cover.

4. The vacuum bottle according to claim 3 , wherein the fastening strap is made of copper and the second cover is made of stainless steel.

5. The vacuum bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the vacuum bottle comprises a metal screen of circular transverse section surrounding the mobile contact zone and which includes one end fastened to the second cover and one opposite end that is free.

6. The vacuum bottle according to claim 5 , wherein the free end of the screen presents a bend oriented towards the inside of the vacuum bottle.

7. An electrical switching device, comprising at least one vacuum bottle intended for the electrical switching device, including a cylindrical body of insulating material closed at each end respectively by a first metal cover and a second metal cover, the vacuum bottle including a mobile electrode that passes through the first cover and that cooperates with a fixed electrode between a closed position in which the mobile electrode and the fixed electrode are in contact with each other and an open position in which the mobile electrode and the fixed electrode are separated, wherein the second cover corresponds to the fixed electrode of the vacuum bottle and includes projections intended to be connected directly with a busbar belonging to a pole of the electrical switching device, wherein the second cover includes a central fixed contact zone having a shape of a spherical cap turned towards an inside of the vacuum bottle, wherein the mobile electrode includes a mobile contact zone of rounded shape situated facing the fixed contact zone and wherein the fixed contact zone presents a curve radius greater than that of the mobile contact zone,
the vacuum bottle being placed as derivation of a main circuit of at least one phase of the electrical switching device.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Newinger Pierre

Classifications

• H01H2203/024

  Convex contact surface · CPC title

• H01H2033/66215

  Details relating to the soldering or brazing of vacuum switch housings · CPC title

• H01H2207/026

  Pressure contact · CPC title

• H01H2223/024

  Screw · CPC title

• H01H33/6646

  having non flat disc-like contact surface · CPC title