Architecture for an electrical switching device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11211207-B2
Application number	US-202016922164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	Jul 17, 2019
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

A central module for a three-phase electrical switching device, comprising a central plinth intended to bear a central switch module and a front face comprising control/command members for the switching device. The central plinth comprises rear fixing means capable of fixing a rear plinth intended to bear two rear switch modules, lateral fixing means capable of fixing two lateral plinths intended to each bear a lateral switch module, an actuation mechanism intended to actuate a central switch module, and means for transmitting movements of the actuation mechanism toward the rear plinth and the lateral plinths to be able to actuate the rear and lateral switch modules. A three-phase electrical switching device comprising such a central module is also disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A central module for a three-phase electrical switching device, the central module comprising a central plinth intended to support a central switch module and a front face comprising control/command members for the switching device, wherein the central plinth comprises:
rear fixing means placed at a rear of the central plinth and capable of fixing, removably to the central module, a rear plinth intended to bear two rear switch modules,
lateral fixing means placed on each side of the central plinth and capable of fixing, removably to the central module, two lateral plinths intended to each bear a lateral switch module,
an actuation mechanism intended to actuate the central switch module of the switching device, and
means for transmitting movements of the actuation mechanism to the rear plinth and side plinths when the rear plinth and the side plinths are fixed to the central module, to be able to actuate other switch modules of the switching device.

2. The central module according to claim 1 , wherein, to pass on the means of transmission of the movements of the actuation mechanism to other switch modules, the rear fixing means comprise a rear hatch placed at the rear of the central plinth and the lateral fixing means comprise two lateral hatches placed on each side of the central plinth.

3. A three-phase electrical switching device comprising the central module according to claim 1 , with the central switch module borne by the central plinth, and comprising two lateral plinths fixed laterally on each side of the central plinth, each lateral plinth bearing the lateral switch module, the central switch module and the lateral switch modules being able to be actuated by the actuation mechanism of the central module.

4. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the central switch module and the lateral switch modules are arranged so that the switching device has identical distances between phases.

5. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the central switch module and the two lateral switch modules are identical.

6. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the central switch module and the lateral switch modules are each topped by an identical height booster.

7. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the two lateral plinths each comprise two wheels placed on an outer side.

8. A three-phase electrical switching device, comprising the central module according to claim 1 , with the central switch module borne by the central plinth, and comprising the rear plinth fixed to the rear of the central plinth, the rear plinth bearing two rear switch modules, the central switch module and the rear switch modules being able to be actuated by the actuation mechanism of the central module.

9. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 8 , wherein the central switch module and the rear switch modules are arranged so that the switching device has identical distances between phases.

10. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 8 , wherein the central switch module and the two rear switch modules are identical.

11. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 8 , wherein the central switch module and the rear switch modules are each topped by an identical height booster.

12. The three-phase electrical switching device according to claim 8 , wherein the rear plinth comprises lateral sides and two wheels placed on each of the lateral sides of the rear plinth.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Milan Thierry

Classifications

• H01H33/52

  for interlocking two or more switches · CPC title

• H01H33/022 Primary

  particular to three-phase circuit breakers (synchronous switching H01H9/563) · CPC title

• H01H3/32

  Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts (snap-action arrangements H01H5/00; introducing a predetermined time delay H01H7/00) · CPC title

• H01H33/666

  Operating arrangements · CPC title

• H01H9/0072 Primary

  particular to three-phase switches (synchronous switching H01H9/563) · CPC title