Apparatus for auxiliary contact of circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9761400-B2
Application number	US-201614997398-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Priority date	Mar 24, 2015
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus for auxiliary contact of a circuit breaker includes a frame, a fixed contactor fixed to the frame inside the frame, a movable contactor installed inside the frame to be contacted with or separated from the fixed contactor, and a contact control member installed inside the frame, the contact control member being formed in a straight line shape, the contact control member being pressurized upward as an overcurrent is applied to the circuit breaker to allow the movable contactor to be contacted with or separated from the fixed contactor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for auxiliary contact of a circuit breaker, the apparatus comprising:
a frame;
a fixed contactor installed inside the frame;
a movable contactor that is installed inside the frame and configured to contact or separate from the fixed contactor; and
a contact control member installed inside the frame and formed in a straight line shape such that the contact control member is pressurized upward as an overcurrent is applied to the circuit breaker in order to cause the movable contactor to contact the fixed contactor,
wherein the contact control member includes a body portion that is located inside the circuit breaker and configured to move up and down, and a movable plate provided at both sides of the body portion to cause the movable contactor to contact or separate from the fixed contactor by moving the movable contactor as the body portion moves, and
wherein a length of one side of the movable plate in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the body portion is shorter than a length between an outer side surface of the body portion and the fixed contactor.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the movable contactor is inclined inside the frame.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the fixed contactor includes a first fixed contactor and a second fixed contactor;
the movable contactor includes a first movable contactor located over the first fixed contactor and a second movable contactor located under the second fixed contactor;
the first movable contactor contacts the first fixed contactor and the second movable contactor separates from the second fixed contactor when the circuit breaker is in a normal state; and
the first movable contactor separates from the first fixed contactor and the second movable contactor contacts the second fixed contactor when an overcurrent is applied to the circuit breaker.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the moving plate is adhered closely to an inner surface of the frame before the body portion is pressurized upward.

Assignees

• Lsis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Hyungeun

Classifications

• H01H71/465 Primary

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• H01H71/10 Primary

  Operating or release mechanisms · CPC title

• H01H13/52

  the contact returning to its original state immediately upon removal of operating force, e.g. bell-push switch · CPC title

• H01H1/26

  with spring blade support · CPC title

• H01H2205/002

  fixed to operating part · CPC title