61 |
Panel and breaker for distributing UPS power |
US11347248 |
2006-02-06 |
US20060197383A1 |
2006-09-07 |
Wilfred Frey |
A UPS power distribution panel which includes means for detecting and differentiating between a symmetrical current waveform and a non-symmetrical current waveform and means for tripping and clearing a circuit breaker in the former but not the latter condition within one current waveform cycle. |
62 |
Circuit breaker auxiliary magnetic trip unit with pressure sensitive release |
US09512979 |
2000-02-24 |
US06281458B1 |
2001-08-28 |
Roger N. Castonguay; Dave Christensen; Randy Greenberg |
An auxiliary magnetic trip unit for a circuit breaker arranged on the load strap of an industrial-rated circuit breaker to interrupt circuit current upon occurrence of a high-level short circuit fault. The magnetic trip unit employs a magnet yoke, an armature, a trip lever for interacting with a latching mechanism of a circuit breaker operating mechanism, and a lever arranged to restrain the armature from moving toward the magnet yoke and to release the armature in response to a predetermined level of pressurized gas. Thus providing an auxiliary magnetic trip unit for use with circuit breakers for selective short circuit overcurrent protection in an electrical distribution system with circuit breakers connected in series. |
63 |
Time delay device |
US09309374 |
1999-05-11 |
US06201676B1 |
2001-03-13 |
Michael D. Glaser |
A hydraulic time delay device couples to a fault-sensing element in a circuit recloser. The time delay device includes a piston that has an external connection and is operable to move through a housing in the device to cause hydraulic fluid in the housing to flow out of the housing and into a passageway. The time delay of the time delay device corresponds to a time required to move the piston. A first adjustable orifice is formed the passageway to define an adjustable first fluid flow path through the passageway. An adjustable valve is positioned to provide an adjustable second fluid flow path through the passageway. A second adjustable orifice is formed in the passageway to provide further adjustment of the second fluid flow path. Adjustment of the first orifice, the valve, and the second orifice affect the time required to move the piston. |
64 |
Molded case circuit breaker with contact bridge slowed down at the end
of repulsion travel |
US25112 |
1993-03-02 |
US5310971A |
1994-05-10 |
Denis Vial; Jean Bonfils; Marc Rival |
The contact bridge of a molded case circuit breaker is rotatably mounted in a bar by two springs arranged symmetrically from the rotation axis. Each spring is, on the one hand, anchored to the contact bridge, and, on the other hand, anchored to a rod housed in a notch of the bar. The same springs provide contact pressure and slowing-down of opening of the contact bridge at the end of repulsion travel by electrodynamic effect. The contact bridge bears on its edge cam surfaces which, at the end of opening travel, engage the anchoring rods to move them in the notches in the elongation direction of the tension springs. The energy of the contact bridge is thus taken up and stored in the springs causing slowing-down of the contact bridge. The profile of the cams can be chosen to enable reclosing of the contact bridge, this reclosing naturally being delayed by the slowing-down effect at the end of travel. The cam profile can also ensure latching of the contact bridge in the open position. |
65 |
Electronic circuit interrupter with attached terminal connector block |
US852115 |
1992-03-16 |
US5215480A |
1993-06-01 |
David J. Lesslie; Marshall B. Hart; Andrew M. Candelora; Dennis J. Doughty; Raymond K. Seymour; Thomas M. Palmer |
Low voltage electric switchgear equipment includes a central processor unit electrically interconnected with electronic main and branch circuit interrupters within the same enclosure and used within a multi-phase power distribution circuit. A terminal connector block is connected by cable with each of the electronic trip units within the branch circuit interrupters to provide communications between the branch circuit interrupters and the main circuit interrupter for continuously updating the status of the branch circuit interrupters and their associated electrical equipment. Strain relief is provided to the cable connecting between the terminal connector block and the branch circuit interrupter to prevent damage to the electrical components within the electronic trip unit that are internally connected with the cable. |
66 |
Trip device for an electrical switch and an electrical switch with this
trip device |
US460516 |
1990-01-03 |
US5006826A |
1991-04-09 |
Jozef H. A. Knoben; Jan B. Wensink |
Trip device of the suction or pull-in armature type, having a yoke (18; 35) supporting a fixed permanent magnet (22) and a movable elongated armature (23) having a head member (25). The armature (23) and the yoke (18; 35) forming a first magnetic circuit for holding the armature (23) in a first position with the permanent magnet (22), in which first position the head member (25) protrudes outside the yoke (18; 35). For moving the armature (23) electromagnetically and/or electrothermally to a second position in which the head member (25) protrudes further outside the yoke (18; 35), the yoke (18; 35) is provided with electrothermal bimetal device (33; 37). For moving the armature (23) to the second position independently of the polarity of an electrical current, a second magnetic circuit is provided, consisting of a further yoke and one or more magnet windings (30), or consisting of a pair of mutually magnetically separate branches (44, 45; 50, 51) magnetically connected in series with the first magnetic circuit, and one or more magnet windings (46) for mutually oppositely magnetizing the branches (44, 45; 50, 51). |
67 |
Switch with a selective release |
US684478 |
1984-12-21 |
US4599590A |
1986-07-08 |
Bernhard Preuss; Karl-Heinz Manthe |
A switch with a selective release having a stroke armature activated by an electromagnet in response to a release current to actuate a switch latch. A lever arrangement encloses a stroke armature in such a fashion that it can be swiveled by the stroke armature from a rest position into a position in which the stroke armature may be rapidly moved to impact on the latch. |
68 |
Selective safety device for the protection of a power distribution system |
US158618 |
1980-06-11 |
US4354215A |
1982-10-12 |
Derk van der Scheer |
In a selective safety device for the protection of successive power levels in a power distribution system, a current limiting switch is provided in each of the power levels and includes a current-limiting quick-switching contact which is so positioned at the power supply side in each one of the different power levels such that the current limiting switch immediately in front of a fault is switched off upon occurrence of a fault. A resistor is connected across each of the quick-switching contacts and is serially connected in the interrupted circuit upon the opening action of the quick-switching contact. Additionally, a slow-switching contact is serially connected with each of the quick-switching contacts to be opened after opening of the quick-switching contact with a presettable delay time, which is dependent upon the power levels in which the slow-switching contact is connected. The resistor across the quick-switching contacts includes at least two serially connected resistance conductors which are gradually introduced in the interrupted circuit by the arc formed between the resistance conductors upon opening of an associated quick-opening switching contact. |
69 |
Power breaker system |
US967729 |
1978-12-08 |
US4240123A |
1980-12-16 |
Shigenori Hotta |
A power breaker system comprises a main breaker connected to a power source; a plurality of feeder circuit breakers; a long-timing breaking delay circuit and a short-timing breaking delay circuit for delaying the total breaking time by a trip mechanism of the main breaker; and a current limiting circuit for limiting the fault current. |
70 |
Current limiting circuit breaker system |
US459321 |
1974-04-09 |
US3932825A |
1976-01-13 |
John De Torre |
Circuit-breaker system having a response time to shortcircuits of less than 4 milliseconds have multiple coordinated pole units wired in series in each phase. The system is able to clear a fault where the available current is high, for example 100,000 amperes at 240 volts AC although each pole unit may be of conventional construction having a current-interruption rating of only 5 or 10 thousand amperes. The operation exhibits current limiting properties, and the interruption process leaves the pole units remarkably free of arc damage. |
71 |
Device for the selective opening of circuit breakers protecting installations |
US63244345 |
1945-12-03 |
US2551304A |
1951-05-01 |
MARIE THEUNISSEN FRANCOIS JEAN |
|
72 |
Circuit breaker control system |
US9324136 |
1936-07-29 |
US2100215A |
1937-11-23 |
HENNINGER ALAN E |
|
73 |
Integrated circuit breaker panels |
US14705538 |
2015-05-06 |
US09831664B1 |
2017-11-28 |
Jyoti Sastry; Anand Ramesh; James C. Schmalzried; Ankit Somani; Ryan T. Davis |
Circuit breaker panels for use in, e.g., residential and light commercial applications. The circuit breaker panels are configured to perform conventional safety functions and are also configured for remote control and monitoring. The circuit breaker panels can be constructed with remote control and monitoring capability, and circuit breaker panels lacking remote control and monitoring capability can be augmented to include remote control and monitoring capability. |
74 |
Circuit interruption apparatus providing automatic reduced arc mode and methods of operating the same |
US14574864 |
2014-12-18 |
US09831656B2 |
2017-11-28 |
Harry James Carlino; David Richard Olenak |
A circuit interruption device (e.g., a molded case circuit breaker) includes at least one set of contacts, a contact actuator mechanism configured to open the at least one set of contacts and a trip control circuit configured to cause the contact actuator mechanism to open the at least one set of contacts responsive to a condition satisfying a first trip criterion and to apply a second trip criterion (e.g., a lower current level trip threshold) responsive to the opening of the at least one set of contacts. The trip control circuit may be configured to apply the second trip criterion after a succeeding closure of the at least one set of contacts. The trip control circuit may be further configured to return to application of the first trip criterion after lapse of a predetermined interval following the succeeding closure of the at least one set of contacts. |
75 |
Circuit Breaker for hierarchically controlling short-circuit current and trips |
US15233949 |
2016-08-10 |
US20170047183A1 |
2017-02-16 |
Xin Li; Bochen Li; Bolin Li |
The invention discloses a short circuit current hierarchical control tripping parameter circuit breaker. According to the invention, resistance of an alloy magnetic resistance body is changed through circuit current, and contract control can be carried out on short-circuit current. The control range of the circuit breaker can achieve that no magnetic resistance will be generated when current is no more than 8 times of rated operational current, and current limiting may be realized by the magnetic resistance when current is 8 times more than rated value. In this way, hierarchical control on short-circuit current of different levels of circuits can be carried out, and short-circuit current can be limited in a predetermined range, thereby restricting the short-circuit current in a predetermined range, solving a problem of power supply flickering, and avoiding large-area power failure accidents caused by override trip existing in an electrical control switch. |
76 |
ACTUATOR CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OF CIRCUIT BREAKER |
US14394732 |
2013-04-22 |
US20150103459A1 |
2015-04-16 |
Peter Von Allmen |
The invention relates to an actuator circuit for actuating a circuit breaker controller, the circuit being characterized in that it comprises two branches in parallel between two terminals and in that the first branch includes only a first coil; the second branch includes a second coil having impedance that is lower than the first, in series with a switch controlled by a switch circuit. |
77 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED MAGNETIC ARMATURE SELECTIVE TRIPPING DEVICE OF A CIRCUIT BREAKER |
US14376679 |
2012-03-05 |
US20150035630A1 |
2015-02-05 |
Justin Michael Cardwell; Luis Miguel Franco Caballero |
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for a selectivity device for a circuit breaker. The invention includes a modular assembly adapted to be coupled to a load conductor assembly. The modular assembly includes a tripping plunger including a cam surface adapted to interact with a breaker tripping mechanism; an armature coupled to the tripping plunger; a yoke adapted to generate a magnetic field in response to an electric current in the load conductor assembly and disposed to apply a magnetic force proportionate to the electric current on the armature; and a spring assembly adapted to counter-balance the magnetic force up to a predefined tripping current in the load conductor assembly. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. |
78 |
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SWITCH ARRANGEMENT |
US14259279 |
2014-04-23 |
US20140319929A1 |
2014-10-30 |
Wei Gang CHEN; Mario DANKERT; Zhong Yi HE; Yue ZHUO |
A current assignment method and a switch arrangement are disclosed for assigning current, the switch arrangement including two series-connected switches, each including a trigger unit to check whether a preset current condition is satisfied. A signal is sent by the trigger unit of a switch which is postpositionally placed when the current condition is satisfied, the signal at least preventing the immediate triggering of a correspondingly prepositionally placed switch after being received by the corresponding trigger unit. To achieve a technically simple communication connection between switches, in at least one embodiment each trigger unit is formed so as to send but and receive the signal, and each trigger unit includes a measurement unit for measuring an energy flow direction in a subordinate switch and a conversion unit for converting from sending to receiving or from receiving to sending appropriately when the energy flow direction is reversed. |
79 |
INSTALLATION SWITCHING DEVICE |
US13674423 |
2012-11-12 |
US20130062317A1 |
2013-03-14 |
Erwin MUDERS; Manfred Hofmann; Rainer Ludovici; Roland Ritz; Heiko Stolz; Klaus-Peter Eppe; Ralf Wieland; Joachim Majewski; Wolfgang Pump |
An installation switching device includes a cutout, which is designed on a fastening side, for fastening the installation switching device to a mounting rail, a vent opening, which is disposed on the fastening side, for discharging waste gases from an arc-quenching device, and a quick fastening device which is disposed on the fastening side. The quick fastening device includes a slide, which carries a movable projection and encloses the housing at the broad sides and which can be acted on by means of a spring toward the inner space of the recess. |
80 |
INSTALLATION SWITCHING DEVICE |
US12598013 |
2008-04-25 |
US20100133078A1 |
2010-06-03 |
Joachim Majewski; Erwin Muders |
An installation switching device having an insulating material housing with a front face and an attachment face connected by two broad faces and an input and an output narrow face; an input terminal; an output terminal, wherein a current path runs from the input terminal to the output terminal; a switching mechanism configured to open or close a main contact point so as to switch the current path off and on, respectively, the switching mechanism having a switching handle configured to operate the switching mechanism; and at least one phase connecting rail disposed in an interior of the housing close to and parallel to the attachment face and electrically and mechanically isolated from other components and assemblies in the housing. |