Electromagnetic operating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9905348-B2
Application number	US-201414766679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 13, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

In the electromagnetic operating device, the driving power supply is composed of two types of power supplies: a capacitor power supply serving as a power supply which is for performing opening/closing operation in a normal time with respect to the vacuum valve; and a DC power supply which is for performing opening/closing operation in an emergency. The capacitor power supply which is for performing opening/closing operation in the normal time includes: capacitors that store electric power to be supplied to the electromagnetic coil; and a control board which controls a current to be supplied from the capacitors to the electromagnetic coil in response to an open-contact or close-contact command to the vacuum valve. Then, the DC power supply which is for performing opening/closing operation in the emergency is to directly supply DC electric power to the electromagnetic coil.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic operating device comprising:
a fixed core;
a movable core movably configured with respect to said fixed core;
an electromagnetic coil which moves said movable core by excitation to open or close a switch device coupled to said movable core; and
a driving power supply that supplies electric power to said electromagnetic coil,
wherein said driving power supply is composed of: a capacitor power supply which performs opening/closing operation of said switch device in a normal time, and has a capacitor that stores electric power to be supplied to said electromagnetic coil and a control board that controls a current to be supplied from said capacitor to said electromagnetic coil in response to an open-contact or close-contact command to said switch device; and a DC power supply which performs opening/closing operation of said switch device in an emergency at which said capacitor power supply does not operate and directly supplies DC electric power to said electromagnetic coil,
wherein said electromagnetic operating device includes switching means which switches between a circuit to be connected from said capacitor power supply to said electromagnetic coil and a circuit to be connected from said DC power supply to said electromagnetic coil, and
wherein said switching means is attachably and detachably connected by a connecting means inserted in the middle of the circuit to be connected from said capacitor power supply to said electromagnetic coil, and switches from the circuit on the capacitor power supply side to the circuit on the DC power supply side in the emergency at which said capacitor power supply does not operate.

2. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein said switching means has: a first relay which is provided in the middle of the circuit to be connected from said capacitor power supply to said electromagnetic coil and is operated by an external command; and
a second relay which is provided in the circuit to be connected from said DC power supply to said electromagnetic coil and is operated by the external command.

3. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 2 ,
wherein said first relay has a normally closed contact in which said first relay is ON during energization of an operation coil and is OFF during non-energization thereof, and
said capacitor power supply and said electromagnetic coil are connected via the normally closed contact of said first relay.

4. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 3 ,
wherein said first relay has a normally open contact in addition to the normally closed contact;
said second relay has a normally open contact; and
the normally open contact of said first relay is connected to said operation coil of said second relay, and
wherein when said operation coil of said first relay is energized by the external command, the normally closed contact of said first relay is opened; the normally open contact of said first relay is closed; and the normally open contact of said second relay is further closed,
hereby supply of electric power to said electromagnetic coil is switched from said capacitor power supply to said DC power supply.

5. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 4 ,
further comprising a resistor inserted in the middle of the circuit in which said DC power supply is connected to said electromagnetic coil.

6. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 5 ,
wherein said resistor is adjusted to be a resistance value at which a current flowing in the circuit to be connected from said DC power supply to said electromagnetic coil is set to be equal to or lower than 5 A.

7. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 3 ,
further comprising a resistor inserted in the middle of the circuit in which said DC power supply is connected to said electromagnetic coil.

8. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 7 ,
wherein said resistor is adjusted to be a resistance value at which a current flowing in the circuit to be connected from said DC power supply to said electromagnetic coil is set to be equal to or lower than 5 A.

9. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 2 ,
further comprising a resistor inserted in the middle of the circuit in which said DC power supply is connected to said electromagnetic coil.

10. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 9 ,
wherein said resistor is adjusted to be a resistance value at which a current flowing in the circuit to be connected from said DC power supply to said electromagnetic coil is set to be equal to or lower than 5 A.

11. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a resistor inserted in the middle of the circuit in which said DC power supply is connected to said electromagnetic coil.

12. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 11 ,
wherein said resistor is adjusted to be a resistance value at which a current flowing in the circuit to be connected from said DC power supply to said electromagnetic coil is set to be equal to or lower than 5 A.

13. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is disconnected from the DC power supply via the switching means.

14. The electromagnetic operating device according to claim 1 ,
wherein during normal time, the capacitor is connected to the electromagnetic coil and the DC power supply is disconnected from the electromagnetic coil, and
wherein during the emergency, the capacitor is disconnected from the electromagnetic coil and the DC power supply is connected to the electromagnetic coil.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Kim Taehyun

Classifications

• H01H50/22

  wherein the magnetic circuit is substantially closed · CPC title

• H01H33/6662

  using bistable electromagnetic actuators, e.g. linear polarised electromagnetic actuators · CPC title

• H01H33/59

  Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular application of the switch and not otherwise provided for, e.g. for ensuring operation of the switch at a predetermined point in the AC cycle · CPC title

• H01F7/18 Primary

  Circuit arrangements for obtaining desired operating characteristics, e.g. for slow operation, for sequential energisation of windings, for high-speed energisation of windings · CPC title

• H01H47/22

  for supplying energising current for relay coil · CPC title