Grease for electrical contact and slide electricity structure, power switch, vacuum circuit breaker, vacuum insulated switchgear, and vacuum-insulated switchgear assembling method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9238784-B2
Application number	US-201213456710-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2012
Priority date	Apr 27, 2011
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

A slide electricity structure according to the present invention uses grease for electrical contacts wherein contact resistance does not gradually increase even when exposed to sliding and lifetime is long, and has a silver-plated spring contact that contacts or separates by way of sliding and grease for electrical contacts that has been applied to the spring contact and contains perfluoropolyether oil having an average molecular weight between 2600 and 12500 as a base oil and PTFE having a primary particle diameter of 1 μm or less as a thickener.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Grease for electrical contacts, comprising:
perfluoropolyether oil having an average molecular weight between 2600 and 12500 as a base oil; and
PTFE having a primary particle diameter of 1 μm or less as a thickener; wherein
the grease does not substantially contain any azo, sulfur, and phosphorus additives, which reacts with silver when exposed to sliding,
consistency of the grease is from No. 0 to No. 2 NLGI (National Lubricating Grease Institute) consistency, and
the grease does not substantially include a solid component having a particular diameter of 3 μm or more.

2. A slide electricity structure, to which grease for electrical contacts is applied, comprising:
the grease for electrical contacts according to claim 1 ; and
a spring contact having contact pressure of 300 g/Coil or more.

3. The slide electricity structure according to claim 2 , wherein
a movable electrode and a fixed electrode of the slide electricity structure are separated from each other in an interrupting state.

4. A power switch equipped with the slide electricity structure, to which grease for electrical contacts is applied, according to claim 2 .

5. A power switch equipped with the slide electricity structure, to which grease for electrical contacts is applied, according to claim 3 .

6. A vacuum circuit breaker, comprising:
a vacuum valve having at least a pair of a movable electrode and a fixed electrode which can open and close;
a fixed terminal and a movable terminal connected to the vacuum valve respectively;
an insulated tube which covers surroundings of the vacuum valve, the fixed terminal and the movable terminal;
a spring contact and a spring contact base supporting the spring contact provided on the movable side of the vacuum valve to make slide electricity between the movable electrode and the movable terminal possible; and
the grease for electrical contacts according to claim 1 applied to electrical contact surfaces between the spring contact and the movable electrode.

7. A vacuum-insulated switchgear, comprising:
a bus-bar bushing central conductor;
a vacuum valve;
a cable bushing central conductor;
a solid insulator cast-molding the bus-bar bushing central conductor, the vacuum valve and the cable bushing central conductor, thereby constituting a cast-molded structure;
an earthing disconnecting portion having an earthing disconnecting portion's movable electrode linearly moving in the air, being combined with the cast-molded structure, and switching an earthing state and a disconnecting state, the earthing disconnecting portion being switched to a closing state by moving the earthing disconnecting portion's movable electrode to an earthing disconnecting portion's bushing side fixed electrode and switched to the earthing state by moving the earthing disconnecting portion's movable electrode to an earthing disconnecting portion's earthing side fixed electrode respectively;
a spring contact provided in the vicinity of both ends of the earthing disconnecting portion's movable electrode; and
the grease for electrical contacts according to claim 1 applied to electrical contact surfaces of the spring contact and the earthing disconnecting portion's bushing side fixed electrode and electrical contact surfaces of the spring contact and the earthing disconnecting portion's earthing side fixed electrode, each of which come in contact with each other as the result of moving of the earthing disconnecting portion's movable electrode.

8. A method of assembling a vacuum-insulated switchgear, the vacuum-insulated switchgear, including a vacuum valve the inside of which is vacuum, having a closing or interrupting function, a vacuum valve operating rod for transmitting an operating force to a vacuum valve movable electrode in the vacuum valve, a guide which comes in contact with the vacuum valve operating rod by way of sliding, a switch having a fixed electrode, a movable electrode, a spring contact connected to the movable electrode and enabling electrical contact with the fixed electrode by way of sliding, and an operating rod connected to the movable electrode to transmit an operating force to the movable electrode, a bus-bar bushing central conductor connected to the fixed electrode in the switch or integrated into one unit, a cable bushing central conductor connected to a conductor drawn from the inside of the vacuum valve to the outside of the vacuum valve, and a solid insulator which encases the vacuum valve, the switch, the bus-bar bushing central conductor, and the cable bushing central conductor all together, the grease for electrical contacts according to claim 2 being applied to the spring contact, the method of assembling the vacuum-insulated switchgear comprising the steps of:
providing the vacuum valve;
encasing the vacuum valve, the fixed electrode of the switch, the bus-bar bushing central conductor and the cable bushing central conductor all together by the solid insulator;
applying the grease onto the spring contact;
thereafter connecting the spring contact to the movable electrode of the switch;
thereafter inserting the movable electrode into the solid insulator to build into a structure so that the bus-bar bushing central conductor and the spring contact are able to come in contact with each other;
applying the grease onto the guide; and
thereafter mounting the guide slidably to the vacuum valve operating rod.

Assignees

• Sato Takashi
• Sato Kazuhiro
• Morita Ayumu
• Tsuchiya Kenji
• Kanno Takao
• Nitta Toshio
• Hitachi Ltd
• Nok Klueber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Takashi
• Sato Kazuhiro
• Morita Ayumu
• Tsuchiya Kenji
• Kanno Takao
• Nitta Toshio

Classifications

• C10N2020/06

  Particles of special shape or size · CPC title

• C10M2213/0626

  used as thickening agents · CPC title

• H01H33/666

  Operating arrangements · CPC title

• Y10T29/49204

  Contact or terminal manufacturing · CPC title

• C10N2040/14

  Electric or magnetic purposes · CPC title