Switch, power conversion apparatus, and power supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12340959-B2
Application number	US-202217967988-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2022
Priority date	Oct 18, 2021
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

A switch, a power conversion apparatus, and a power supply system. The power supply system includes a control unit, a switch, a direct current source, and a power conversion unit. The switch is electrically connected between the direct current source and the power conversion unit, and the control unit is configured to send a switch-off signal to the switch when a fault occurs on the direct current source or the power conversion unit. The switch includes a contact component, a trip-free structure, and a knob that are sequentially disposed in a stacked manner in a first direction. A trip unit of the trip-free structure is configured to receive the switch-off signal, to unlock the trip unit from the cradle. The cradle drives the connecting rod structure to move, to separate the moving contact from the fixed contact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply system comprising:
a control unit,
a switch,
a direct current source, and
a power conversion unit, wherein the switch is electrically connected between the direct current source and the power conversion unit, and the control unit is configured to send a switch-off signal to the switch when a fault occurs on the direct current source or the power conversion unit; and the switch further comprises:
a contact component, comprising a fixed part and a movable part, wherein the movable part is rotatably connected to the fixed part, the fixed part is provided with a fixed contact, the movable part is provided with a moving contact, the movable part has a central shaft, and the movable part is configured to rotate by using the central shaft as a center of rotation, to enable the moving contact and the fixed contact to be switched on or switched off;
a knob configured to drive the moving contact and the fixed contact to be switched on or switched off; and
a trip-free structure, disposed in a stacked manner between the knob and the contact component, wherein the trip-free structure comprises a trip unit and a transmission structure, the transmission structure comprises a connecting rod structure and a cradle, the connecting rod structure is connected between the cradle and the movable part, the cradle fits within the trip unit, the trip unit is configured to receive the switch-off signal to unlock the trip unit from the cradle, and the cradle is configured to drive the connecting rod structure to move, to separate the moving contact from the fixed contact, and switch off the switch.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the knob is further configured to drive the connecting rod structure to move and to drive the cradle to move to be re-buckled with the trip unit.

3. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the trip-free structure further comprises a contact rotating shaft and a knob rotating shaft, the contact rotating shaft is fixedly connected to a location of the central shaft of the movable part, one end of the connecting rod structure is fixedly connected to the contact rotating shaft, the knob rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the knob, and axial extension directions of both the contact rotating shaft and the knob rotating shaft are the first direction.

4. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the trip-free structure further comprises a mounting bracket and a contact rotating shaft, a trip limiting structure is disposed on the mounting bracket, the contact rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket, the contact rotating shaft is fixedly connected to a location of the central shaft of the movable part, one end of the connecting rod structure is fixedly connected to the contact rotating shaft, limiting blocks are disposed in a protruding manner on a periphery of the contact rotating shaft, and the limiting blocks abut against the trip limiting structure in a process in which the trip unit drives the moving contact and the fixed contact to separate from each other, to limit the contact rotating shaft, so that the moving contact enters a still state in a re-buckling process.

5. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the moving contact is further configured to rotate on a plane perpendicular to the central shaft by using the central shaft as a center, and a rotation angle of the moving contact is greater than or equal to 50 degrees.

6. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the trip-free structure further comprises a transmission member and an elastic member, the elastic member is elastically connected between the connecting rod structure and the transmission member, and the transmission member is connected to the knob, so that manual switch-on or switch-off of the switch is implemented in a process in which the knob is further configured to rotate to drive the transmission member to swing.

7. The power supply system according to claim 6 , wherein in a manual switch-on or switch-off process of the switch, a rotation angle of the knob is greater than or equal to 50 degrees.

8. The power supply system according to claim 6 , wherein, when the switch is in a manual switch-on state, the knob is located at a first location; when the switch is in a manual switch-off state, the knob is located at a second location; or
in a state in which the trip unit drives the moving contact and the fixed contact to separate from each other, the switch is in a tripping state, and the knob is located at a third location, wherein the third location is between the first location and the second location.

9. The power supply system according to claim 6 , wherein the connecting rod structure further comprises an upper connecting rod, a lower connecting rod, and a main shaft, one end of the upper connecting rod is rotatably connected to the cradle, an other end of the upper connecting rod is rotatably connected to one end of the lower connecting rod by using a first rotating shaft, an other end of the lower connecting rod is rotatably connected to one end of the main shaft, an other end of the main shaft is fixedly connected to the moving contact, one end of the elastic member is fixedly connected to a location of the first rotating shaft, and a groove is formed at an edge location of the cradle; in a process in which the switch is switched between a manual switch-off state and a manual switch-on state, the first rotating shaft is further configured to move in the groove; and movement of the connecting rod structure is restricted by contact between the first rotating shaft and an inner wall of the groove, to limit the moving contact to be in the manual switch-off state.

10. The power supply system according to claim 6 , wherein the trip-free structure further comprises a mounting bracket and a mounting plate that are fixedly connected to each other, the mounting bracket is disposed in a stacked manner between the contact component and the mounting plate in the first direction, the transmission member and the mounting bracket are connected to a location of a transmission rotating shaft, the knob is rotatably connected to the mounting plate, the trip-free structure further comprises a connection unit, the connection unit is fixedly connected to the knob, and the connection unit fits within the transmission member, so that in a rotation process of the knob, the connection unit is further configured to drive the transmission member to swing by using the transmission rotating shaft as a center.

11. The power supply system according to claim 10 , wherein an accommodation space is enclosed by the mounting bracket, the connecting rod structure, the cradle, and at least a part of the elastic member are located in the accommodation space, the transmission member comprises swing arms and a connecting arm, a part of one of the swing arms is disposed in a stacked manner between the mounting bracket and the mounting plate in the first direction, the swing arms fit within the connection unit so that the connection unit is further configured to drive the transmission member to move, the connecting arm is bent relative to the swing arms, the connecting arm is located on one side edge of the mounting bracket, at least a part of the connecting arm faces the accommodation space, one end of the elastic member is fixedly connected to the connecting arm, and the other end of the elastic member extends into the accommodation space and is connected to the connecting rod structure.

12. A switch, comprising:
a contact component, comprising a fixed part and a movable part, wherein the fixed part is disposed on a p

Assignees

• Huawei Digital Power Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Xiufeng
• Guo Xiaogang
• Zhao Yazhu
• Huang Jichang
• Tian Xiaokang
• Ma Jianfei

Classifications

• H01H83/20

  operated by excess current as well as by some other abnormal electrical condition · CPC title

• H01H19/20

  Driving mechanisms allowing angular displacement of the operating part to be effective in either direction · CPC title

• H01H3/10

  Means for securing to shaft of driving mechanism · CPC title

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title

• H02M7/003

  Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections · CPC title