Operating mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11955299-B2
Application number	US-202217659430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2022
Priority date	Apr 15, 2021
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

The invention relates to an operating mechanism for opening and closing at least one contact, which operating mechanism comprises, a base frame, a bridge body movable relative to the base frame between a closed position and an opened position, a rod mechanism of a first and a second link, a cam arranged on a shaft, a locking lever fixedly arranged with one end to the first link and moves with the first rod between a locked position and an unlocked position, a control shaft having a D-shaft portion with a flat surface portion and a semi cylindrical surface portion, and a lock position, in which the path of the second end of the locking lever intersects with the circumference of the cross-section of the D-shaft portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operating mechanism for opening and closing at least one contact the operating mechanism comprises:
a base frame;
a bridge body movable relative to the base frame between a closed position and an opened position, wherein the bridge body has a contact surface with a length and a width, the contact surface is configured to extend in a length direction over and be in contact with them operating rod of the at least one contact;
a rod mechanism formed of a first link and a second link, wherein a first end of each of the two links are affixed together and rotate about a common axis, wherein a second end of first link and the base frame are affixed together and rotate about a second common axis and a second end of the second link and a bridging body are affixed together and rotate about a third common axis;
a cam arranged on a shaft, wherein the shaft is arranged adjacent to the rod mechanism, wherein the shaft extends parallel to the common axis of the rod mechanism and wherein the cam is in operating contact with the common axis; wherein
a locking lever fixedly arranged with one end to the first link and moves with the first link between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a control shaft having a D-shaft portion with a flat surface portion and a semi-cylindrical surface portion;
wherein the D-shaft portion can be rotated between a pass position, in which a path of the second end of the locking lever is positioned outside of a circumference of the cross-section of the D-shaft portion, and a lock position, in which the path of the second end of the locking lever intersects with the circumference of the cross-section of the D-shaft portion.

2. The operating mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a first spring is arranged to the control shaft to urge the control shaft in the lock position.

3. The operating mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a roller is arranged on the locking lever and wherein the roller forms the second end of the locking lever.

4. The operating mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a cam follower is arranged on the common axis and wherein the cam follower is configured to be in contact with the cam.

5. The operating mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a profile of the cam has a closing profile section for urging the rod mechanism into a stretched position, an opening profile section for folding the rod mechanism and an idle profile section, further comprising a closing spring for urging the closing profile section of the cam in contact with the common axis.

Assignees

• Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd

Inventors

• Knol Bert
• Postmus Albert
• Lammers Adri
• Hesselink Mathieu

Classifications

• H01H3/3031 Primary

  Means for locking the spring in a charged state · CPC title

• H01H3/3015 Primary

  using cam devices · CPC title

• H01H3/42

  using cam or eccentric · CPC title

• H01H2003/3036

  using of balls or rollers in the locking device · CPC title

• H01H5/10 Primary

  one end of spring being fixedly connected to the stationary or movable part of the switch and the other end reacting with a movable or stationary rigid member respectively through pins, cams, toothed or other shaped surfaces · CPC title