Electrical breaking contact

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11728113-B2
Application number	US-202117551256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2021
Priority date	Dec 23, 2020
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

An electrical breaking contact, in particular a radial-magnetic-field electrical breaking contact, is provided for a medium-voltage vacuum interrupter, the contact including:a rod extending along a longitudinal axis, said rod being configured to be passed through by an electrical current,a contact body extending transversely to the longitudinal axis and including a first fastening surface, the contact body and the rod being coaxial,wherein the rod includes:a second fastening surface securely fastened to the first fastening surface,an abutment surface radially exterior to the first fastening surface (4), the abutment surface being distant from the contact body along the longitudinal axis and turned toward the contact body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical breaking contact for a medium-voltage vacuum interrupter, the contact comprising:
a rod extending along a longitudinal axis, said rod being configured to be passed through by an electrical current,
a contact body extending transversely to the longitudinal axis and comprising a first fastening surface, the contact body and the rod being coaxial,

wherein the rod comprises:
a second fastening surface securely fastened to the first fastening surface,
an abutment surface radially exterior to the second fastening surface, the abutment surface being distant from the contact body along the longitudinal axis and turned toward the contact body,

wherein the contact body and the abutment surface are configured so that one segment of the contact body makes contact with the abutment surface during a flexion of the contact body.

2. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 1 , wherein a distance, measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, between the abutment surface and the contact body, is comprised between 0.2 millimetres and 1.0 millimetres.

3. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 1 , wherein the abutment surface comprises a plurality of abutment regions that are distant from one another.

4. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 1 , wherein the rod comprises a groove adjacent to the second fastening surface.

5. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 1 , wherein the contact body comprises a contact surface configured to make contact with a second electrical breaking contact placed facing the contact, so as to allow the electrical current to pass between the contact and the second electrical breaking contact,
wherein the first fastening surface extends radially between a first internal distance and a first external distance, and the contact surface extends radially between a second internal distance and a second external distance
and wherein a ratio between the second internal distance and the first external distance is higher than or equal to 1.

6. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 5 , wherein the abutment surface is plumb with the contact surface in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.

7. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 5 , wherein the contact surface comprises a plurality of contact regions that are distant from one another.

8. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 7 , wherein the abutment surface comprises a plurality of abutment regions that are distant from one another, and wherein each abutment region is located plumb with a contact region of the plurality of contact regions in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.

9. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 5 , wherein the contact body comprises a bevelled segment placed, in a radial direction, to an exterior of the contact surface.

10. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 1 , wherein the contact body has a spiral configuration, the contact body having a disc shape comprising slits passing through a thickness of the disc, the slits extending from a periphery of the contact body toward an interior of the contact body.

11. A vacuum interrupter comprising a fixed contact and a movable contact each contact being the electrical breaking contact according to claim 1 , the movable contact being movable between a position of contact with the fixed contact allowing a passage of electrical current and a position distant from the fixed contact preventing a passage of current.

12. A breaking device comprising the vacuum interrupter according to claim 11 .

13. The electrical breaking contact according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical breaking contact is a radial-magnetic-field electrical breaking contact.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Papillon Anthony
• Bono Mathieu

Classifications

• H01H33/6643 Primary

  having disc-shaped contacts subdivided in petal-like segments, e.g. by helical grooves · CPC title

• H01H33/025

  Terminal arrangements (for vacuum switches H01H33/6606) · CPC title

• H01H33/6664

  with pivoting movable contact structure · CPC title

• H01H2033/66246

  Details relating to the guiding of the contact rod in vacuum switch belows · CPC title

• H01H33/664 Primary

  Contacts; Arc-extinguishing means, e.g. arcing rings · CPC title