Gas-insulated circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9514903-B2
Application number	US-201414531618-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2014
Priority date	Apr 9, 2014
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

A gas-insulated circuit breaker may include: a fixed contact having a hollow formed therein; a fixed arc contact disposed in the hollow of the fixed contact; a fixed-side conductor provided to surround the fixed contact and configuring a gap between the fixed-side conductor and the fixed contact as a discharge path for an insulation gas; a movable contact having a hollow formed therein; a movable arc contact disposed in the hollow of the movable contact; a movable-side conductor provided to surround the movable contact and configuring a gap between the movable-side conductor and the movable contact as a discharge path for an insulation gas; a first extension part formed on the fixed-side conductor and extending the discharge path for the insulation gas of the fixed-side conductor; and a second extension part formed on the movable-side conductor and extending the discharge path for the insulation gas of the movable-side conductor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas-insulated circuit breaker comprising:
a fixed contact having a hollow formed therein;
a fixed arc contact disposed in the hollow of the fixed contact;
a fixed-side conductor provided to surround the fixed contact and configuring a gap between the fixed-side conductor and the fixed contact as a discharge path for an insulation gas;
a movable contact having a hollow formed therein;
a movable arc contact disposed in the hollow of the movable contact;
a movable-side conductor provided to surround the movable contact and configuring a gap between the movable-side conductor and the movable contact as a discharge path for an insulation gas;
a first extension part formed on the fixed-side conductor and extending some section of the discharge path for the insulation gas of the fixed-side conductor to lower a pressure of the insulation gas flowing into the discharge path of the fixed-side conductor; and
a second extension part formed on the movable-side conductor and extending some section of the discharge path for the insulation gas of the movable-side conductor to lower a pressure of the insulation gas flowing into the discharge path of the movable-side conductor,
wherein, the first extension part is integrally formed with the fixed-side conductor, so that a main current flows through the first extension part,
wherein, the second extension part is integrally formed with the movable-side conductor, so that the main current flows through the second extension part,
wherein the fixed-side conductor and the movable-side conductor have a bus bar constituting the main current conduction path,
wherein, the fixed-side conductor has a cylindrical shape in which at least one first extension part is formed on a side of the fixed-side conductor, and the movable-side conductor has a cylindrical shape in which at least one second extension part is formed on a side of the movable-side conductor,
wherein, the first extension part is formed by protruding a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the fixed-side conductor in a radial direction with respect to the fixed-side conductor, and
wherein, the second extension part is formed by protruding a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the movable-side conductor in a radial direction with respect to the movable-side conductor.

2. The gas-insulated circuit breaker of claim 1 , wherein the fixed-side conductor and the movable-side conductor have discharge apertures in front ends thereof, the discharge apertures allowing the insulation gas to be discharged outwardly there through.

3. The gas-insulated circuit breaker of claim 1 , further comprising: a puffer cylinder in the movable contact, the puffer cylinder spraying the insulation gas into a gap between the fixed arc contact and the movable arc contact according to an operation of separating the movable contact from the fixed contact.

Assignees

• Hyun Dai Heavy Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hyung-Choon

Classifications

• H01H33/74 Primary

  wherein the break is in gas (in air at atmospheric pressure H01H33/73) · CPC title

• H01H33/64 Primary

  wherein the break is in gas (vacuum switches H01H33/66) · CPC title

• H01H33/025

  Terminal arrangements (for vacuum switches H01H33/6606) · CPC title

• H01H33/91

  the arc-extinguishing fluid being air or gas · CPC title

• H01H2033/888

  Deflection of hot gasses and arcing products · CPC title