Circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11984282-B2
Application number	US-202217567235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2022
Priority date	Jul 3, 2019
Publication date	May 14, 2024
Grant date	May 14, 2024

Abstract

A circuit breaker, in particular of a power breaker, having a busbar which is mounted so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. The busbar, a trip device and a hand lever are coupled by means of the mechanism in such a way that, when the hand lever is moved from the first position into the second position, the busbar is moved from the open position into the closed position. Upon tripping of the trip device, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position, and the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position if it is not blocked. When the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position regardless of whether the busbar is blocked in the closed position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit breaker of a power breaker, the circuit breaker comprising:
a busbar which is mounted so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position;
a trip device;
a hand lever movable between a first position and a second position; and
an operating mechanism via which the busbar, the trip device and the hand lever are coupled in such a way that:
when the hand lever is moved from the first position into the second position, the busbar is moved from the open position into the closed position,
when the trip device triggers, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position and the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position if the busbar is not blocked, and
when the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position regardless of whether the busbar is blocked in the closed position,

wherein the operating mechanism comprises a slider that is mounted so as to be movable in a transverse direction and is connected to the busbar,
wherein the hand lever is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation,
wherein a first coupling element is rotatably mounted on the hand lever eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation, and wherein the first coupling element is guided in a first link of the slider, which has a section extending in the transverse direction, and
wherein a second coupling element is rotatably mounted on the hand lever eccentrically to the axis of rotation and is guided in a second link of a rocker arm which is rotatably mounted on the slider.

2. The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the slider is spring-loaded.

3. The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the operating mechanism has a torsion spring via which the hand lever is spring-loaded into the first position.

4. The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the operating mechanism has a rotatably mounted first locking lever which is actuated by the trip device, and wherein the first locking lever has an eccentrically arranged support point for the trip device.

5. The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the busbar is arranged along a longitudinal direction which is substantially perpendicular to the transverse direction.

6. The circuit breaker according to claim 5 , further comprising a further busbar arranged along the longitudinal direction, wherein in the closed position the busbar mechanically rests against the further busbar, and wherein in the open position the busbar is mechanically separated from the further busbar.

7. The circuit breaker according to claim 6 , wherein, the further busbar carries a first contact and a second contact spaced longitudinally therefrom and has a first power connection, and wherein the busbar carries a first mating contact and a second mating contact spaced longitudinally therefrom and has a second power connection, wherein the busbar partially overlaps with the further busbar along the longitudinal direction in an overlapping area, and wherein the first and second contacts and the first and second mating contacts are arranged longitudinally between the first and second power connections in the overlapping area.

8. The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the trip device has a bimetal strip.

Assignees

• Ellenberger & Poensgen

Inventors

• Harrer Hubert
• Koepf Hendrik-Christian
• Loos Klaus
• Werner Klaus
• Zeberl Juergen

Classifications

• H01H37/52 Primary

  actuated due to deflection of bimetallic element · CPC title

• H01H21/22

  Operating parts, e.g. handle · CPC title

• H01H21/36

  Driving mechanisms · CPC title

• H01H71/501 Primary

  Means for breaking welded contacts; Indicating contact welding or other malfunction of the circuit breaker · CPC title

• H01H73/045

  Bridging contacts · CPC title