Short circuit current-resistant and arc-extinguishing DC relay

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12243700-B2
Application number	US-202017790412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2020
Priority date	Dec 31, 2019
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A DC relay for anti-short circuit current and arc extinction includes two static contact leading-out ends, a movable contact piece in a straight sheet type, a pushing rod assembly, a fixed upper yoke, a follow-up yoke and a lower armature. The fixed upper yoke is fixed above the movable contact piece, corresponding to a position between the two movable contacts. The follow-up upper yoke is fixed on the pushing rod assembly, above the movable contact piece, corresponding to a position between the two movable contacts. The lower armature is fixed on a bottom end face of the movable contact piece. The fixed upper yoke, the follow-up upper yoke and the lower armature are respectively arranged in a width direction of the movable contact piece, and two magnetic conductive loops are formed in the width direction of the movable contact piece.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A DC relay for anti-short circuit current and arc extinction, comprising:
two static contact leading-out ends;
a pushing rod assembly;
a movable contact piece in a straight sheet type, the movable contact piece being mounted in the pushing rod assembly such that movable contacts on two ends of the movable contact piece cooperate with two static contacts on bottom ends of the two static contact leading-out ends under the action of the pushing rod assembly;
a fixed upper yoke, the fixed upper yoke is fixed above a position between the two movable contacts of the movable contact piece;
a follow-up upper yoke, the follow-up upper yoke is fixed on the pushing rod assembly, above a position between the two movable contacts of the movable contact piece;
a lower armature; the lower armature is fixed on a bottom end face of the movable contact piece and at a position between the two movable contacts;
wherein the fixed upper yoke, the follow-up upper yoke and the lower armature are arranged in a width direction of the movable contact piece, and when the movable contacts and the static contacts are closed, the lower armature is respectively close to or in contact with the fixed upper yoke and the follow-up upper yoke, so as to form two magnetic conductive loops in the width direction of the movable contact piece, so that when the movable contact piece flows a large fault current, the two magnetic conductive loops generate an electromagnetic suction force for keeping the movable contacts and the static contacts closed, to resist an electric repulsion force generated due to the fault current between the movable contact piece and the static contact leading-out ends.

2. The DC relay according to claim 1 , wherein the two magnetic conductive loops are partially overlapped.

3. The DC relay according to claim 1 , wherein the pushing rod assembly comprises a first U-shaped bracket, a spring, a spring seat and a pushing rod; a top portion of the pushing rod is fixed to the spring seat; the first U-shaped bracket is in an inverted U shape and comprises two side walls opposite to each other and a bottom wall connected with ends of the two side walls; the bottom wall of the first U-shaped bracket is fixed to the spring seat; the follow-up upper yoke is fixed at inner side of the bottom wall of the first U-shaped bracket; and the spring abuts between the lower armature on a bottom end of the movable contact piece and the spring seat.

4. The DC relay according to claim 3 , wherein a bottom end of the lower armature is provided with a mounting groove for fitting to the spring, and a thickness of the lower armature is greater than a thickness of the follow-up upper yoke.

5. The DC relay according to claim 3 , wherein the fixed upper yoke and the follow-up upper yoke are respectively in a linear shape; the lower armature is in a U shape and comprises two side walls opposite to each other and a bottom wall connected with ends of the two side walls; the first U-shaped bracket is provided with a through hole on the bottom wall, so that the two side walls of the lower armature go upwards through the through hole to be in contact with or close to the fixed upper yoke; the lower armature, the fixed upper yoke and the follow-up upper yoke form two magnetic conductive loops partially overlapped.

6. The DC relay according to claim 5 , wherein the end of each of the side walls of the lower armature is further provided with a step; a higher portion of the step forms a protruding part; the protruding part passes through the through hole of the bottom wall of the first U-shaped bracket to be in contact with or close to the fixed upper yoke so as to constitute one magnetic conductive loop, and steps on the two side walls of the lower armature are respectively in contact with or close to the follow-up upper yoke so as to constitute another magnetic conductive loop, and the two magnetic conductive loops are overlapped at the lower armature.

7. The DC relay according to claim 6 , wherein each of two ends of the follow-up upper yoke is provided with a notch for avoiding the protruding part of the lower armature, and an inner side of the notch is provided with a boss capable of being clamped with the through hole on the bottom wall of the first U-shaped bracket.

8. The DC relay according to claim 3 , wherein the DC relay further comprises a yoke plate with a through hole; the first U-shaped bracket, the spring and the spring seat of the pushing rod assembly are positioned on the yoke plate; and the pushing rod of the pushing rod assembly passes through the through hole of the yoke plate and is fixed to a movable iron core under the yoke plate; a second U-shaped bracket in an inverted U shape is mounted on the yoke plate, and comprises two side walls opposite to each other and a bottom wall connected to the ends of the two side walls; the fixed upper yoke is fixed at inner side of the bottom wall of the second U-shaped bracket.

9. The DC relay according to claim 8 , wherein the second U-shaped bracket is made of a diamagnetic material or a weak magnetic material.

10. The DC relay according to claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the fixed upper yoke is greater than or equal to a thickness of the lower armature.

11. The DC relay according to claim 1 , wherein two permanent magnets for arc extinction are further arranged beside the movable contact; and the two permanent magnets are respectively arranged on two ends of the movable contact piece in a length direction and are respectively spaced apart from the movable contact piece; the two permanent magnets are respectively arranged at a position close to the two movable contacts of the movable contact piece; and magnetic polarities of opposite faces of the two permanent magnets are opposite.

12. The DC relay according to claim 11 , wherein the DC relay further comprises two U-shaped yoke clamps, each of the U-shaped yoke clamps comprises two side walls opposite to each other and a bottom wall connected to one end of the two side walls; two bottom walls of the two yoke clamps are respectively connected to two surfaces facing away from each other of the two permanent magnets, and end portions of the two side walls of each of the yoke clamps are respectively positioned at a position facing to an adjacent one of the movable contacts.

13. The DC relay according to claim 11 , wherein the DC relay further comprises two U-shaped yoke clamps, each of the U-shaped yoke clamps comprises two side walls opposite to each other and a bottom wall connected to one end of the two side walls, the two bottom walls of the two yoke clamps are respectively connected to two surfaces facing away from each other of the two permanent magnets, the end portions of the two side walls of each of the yoke clamps are respectively beyond a position of the adjacent one of the movable contacts; and the side walls of the two yoke clamps are closed to each other at a middle position between the two movable contacts of the movable contact piece.

14. The DC relay according to claim 11 , wherein the DC relay further comprises two U-shaped yoke clamps, each of the U-shaped yoke clamps comprises two side walls opposite to each other and a bottom wall connected to one end of the two side walls; the two bottom walls of the two yoke clamps are arranged on the two sides of the movable contact piece in a width direction; and the end portions of the side walls of the two yoke clamps are respectively connected to two surfaces facing away from each other of the two permanent magnets.

15. The DC relay according to claim 1 , wherein three permanent magnets for arc

Assignees

• Xiamen Hongfa Electric Power Controls Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhong Shuming
• Dai Wenguang
• Wang Meng

Classifications

• H01H53/04

  Ferrodynamic relays, i.e. relays in which the magnetic field is concentrated in ferromagnetic parts · CPC title

• H01H50/38 Primary

  Part of main magnetic circuit shaped to suppress arcing between the contacts of the relay · CPC title

• H01H9/443

  using permanent magnets · CPC title

• H01H1/54

  by magnetic force {(combined with electrodynamic opening H01H77/101)} · CPC title

• H01H51/2209

  with rectilinearly movable armature · CPC title