121 |
Electric contactor and control method of one such contactor |
US14309023 |
2014-06-19 |
US09589754B2 |
2017-03-07 |
David Couzon; Joel Reboulet |
The electrical contactor (100) according to the invention comprises at least one first switch (104) that includes a first moving contact (112) and several second switches (106) that include a second moving contact (116). The contactor further comprises at least one control device for controlling the movement of the or each first (112), second (116) moving contact, respectively. The control device is capable of controlling the movement of the or each first moving contact (112) into the open position before that of each second moving contact (116) into the open position, and when the or each first moving contact (112) is in the closed position, the second switches (106) are connected in parallel, whereas when the or each first moving contact (112) is in the open position, the second switches (106) are connected in series. |
122 |
Switch device |
US14180544 |
2014-02-14 |
US09466926B2 |
2016-10-11 |
Takashi Yuba; Daiei Iwamoto; SeungSeok Beak; Koichi Kiryu; Akio Nakamura |
A switch device includes a first contacting portion including a first fixed contact, a first movable contact contactable to the first fixed contact, and a first break contact, the first movable contact being configured to selectively contact one of the first fixed contact and the first break contact; a second contacting portion including a second fixed contact, a second movable contact contactable to the second fixed contact, and a second break contact, the second movable contact being configured to selectively contact one of the second fixed contact and the second break contact; and a mechanical switch that mechanically moves the first movable contact and the second movable contact toward the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact, and toward the first break contact and the second break contact, respectively. |
123 |
Switch apparatus for connection with a DC circuit |
US13903020 |
2013-05-28 |
US09129765B2 |
2015-09-08 |
Metehan Ozkaya; Richard Donald Prohaska; Warren Sipe |
A switch apparatus usable in a DC circuit employs a rotatable shaft having conductors that are removably connected with two or more pairs of contacts that are situated on line conductors and load conductors and that are connected in parallel by the conductors on the shaft. In rotating the shaft to open the switch, one pair of the contacts is electrically disconnected prior to electrical disconnection of the other pair of contacts. Further rotation of the shaft causes the other pair of contact to eventually become disconnected. Electrical arcs thus form only at the air gaps between the other pair of contacts and the conductor. Magnetic field elements in the form of permanent magnets are situated in the vicinity of the air gaps of only the other pair of contacts and apply Lorentz forces to the arcs to extinguish them. |
124 |
Magnetic contactor |
US13338075 |
2011-12-27 |
US08901445B2 |
2014-12-02 |
Hiroyuki Tachikawa; Masaru Isozaki; Yuji Shiba |
A magnetic contactor has a stationary contact including a first and second stationary contact pieces, each having a stationary contact portion and a stationary terminal portion, a third stationary contact piece disposed between the first stationary contact piece and the second stationary contact piece and having two stationary contact portions; a contact support casing supporting the stationary contact with the stationary terminal portions protruding out of the contact support casing; and a movable contact installed in the contact support casing, and including a first and second movable contact pieces contactable and separable from the stationary contact portions of the stationary contact pieces and the stationary contact portions of the third stationary contact piece accordingly, and an insulator fixing the first movable contact piece and the second movable contact piece. A driving mechanism drives the movable contact to contact and separate from the stationary contact. |
125 |
Fast switch with non-circular Thomson coil |
US13549043 |
2012-07-13 |
US08791779B2 |
2014-07-29 |
Lars E. Jonsson |
A medium or high voltage switch has a switching assembly actuated by two drives. Each drive includes a plunger arranged between two Thomson coils. The coils as well as the plunger are rectangular for reducing the weight and therefore inertia of the drive and thus to increase drive speed. |
126 |
SWITCHING DEVICE SUITABLE FOR DIRECT CURRENT OPERATION |
US14133815 |
2013-12-19 |
US20140175056A1 |
2014-06-26 |
Karsten Gerving; Volker Lang; Johannes Meissner; Ralf Thar |
A switching device includes at least a first current path and a second current path, each of which have a first connection and a second connection, whereby the first connections are arranged on the first side of the switching device and the second connections on the second side of the switching device, each current path has at least one contact pair, that has a first contact and a second contact, whereby at least the second contact is arranged on a contact member that is movable to the first contact and whereby in the switched-on status of the switching device, both the contacts are in contact with each other, each contact pair has at least one extinguishing device, whereby the extinguishing devices of both the current paths are arranged in a direction from the first connections to the second connections, behind one another and at least partly covering each other. |
127 |
Switchgear device for breaking a bidirectional direct current and installation with photovoltaic cells equipped with such a device |
US12591192 |
2009-11-12 |
US08742278B2 |
2014-06-03 |
Eric Domejean; Serge Paggi |
A switchgear device, for breaking a bidirectional direct current in an electric line, having at least two connection terminals, and an even number of pairs of separable contacts, arc chutes associated with pairs of separable contacts, and tripping mechanisms associated with pairs of separable contacts and connected to one another by a mechanical link, each arc chute having an arc extinguishing chamber and permanent magnets for creating a polarity enabling an electric arc to be removed to an arc extinguishing chamber when current is flowing in the electric line in a predefined direction, the predefined direction being different for one half of the arc chutes. |
128 |
ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY |
US13981314 |
2011-03-24 |
US20140015628A1 |
2014-01-16 |
Tetsuo Shinkai; Yasuyuki Masui; Tsukasa Yamashita |
An electromagnetic relay including an electromagnet block having a rod-shaped iron core, a coil wound around the rod-shaped iron core, and a spool interposed between the coil and iron core. A yoke having one end section extends to a section at a side of a magnet pole section of the iron core. An end section of the yoke is arranged so that the magnet pole section has a gap on a base side. A moving iron is pivotably supported by an elastic support of a hinge spring. The electromagnet block is magnetized wherein a section drawn in the moving iron is drawn to the magnet pole section and pivoted to drive a contact switching unit. The hinge spring includes an elastic contacting portion extending toward an opposite side to the elastic support. The moving iron is integrated with a card member that comes in contact with the elastic contacting portion. |
129 |
SOLENOID DEVICE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY |
US13751201 |
2013-01-28 |
US20130207750A1 |
2013-08-15 |
Osamu DAITOKU; Tomoaki TANAKA; Masanao SUGISAWA; Ken TANAKA; Kiyonari KOJIMA |
A solenoid device includes: at least one electromagnetic coil that generates a magnetic flux when the electromagnetic coil is energized; a yoke made of soft magnetic material, in which the magnetic flux flows; and a plurality of plungers, each of which includes at least a part made of soft magnetic material, and reciprocates when the electromagnetic coil is switched between energization and interruption of energization. The number of the plurality of plungers is larger than the number of the electromagnetic coil. The plurality of plungers reciprocate independently from each other. |
130 |
FAST SWITCH WITH NON-CIRCULAR THOMSON COIL |
US13549043 |
2012-07-13 |
US20130015930A1 |
2013-01-17 |
LARS E. JONSSON |
A medium or high voltage switch has a switching assembly actuated by two drives. Each drive includes a plunger arranged between two Thomson coils. The coils as well as the plunger are rectangular for reducing the weight and therefore inertia of the drive and thus to increase drive speed. |
131 |
Circuit interrupter and receptacle including improved contact configuration |
US12569216 |
2009-09-29 |
US08295016B2 |
2012-10-23 |
Robert T. Elms |
A circuit interrupter includes first, second and third electrical conductors, a planar conductive member having first, second and third contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to move the planar conductive member toward the electrical conductors to electrically connect the first, second and third electrical conductors to the respective first, second and third contacts, and to move the planar conductive member away from the electrical conductors to electrically disconnect the electrical conductors from the contacts upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition, such that the electrical conductors are electrically isolated from each other. When one of the electrical conductors is welded to one of the contacts, the operating mechanism and the planar conductive member cooperate to electrically disconnect the other two of the electrical conductors from the other two of the contacts upon the occurrence of the predetermined condition. |
132 |
CONTACTOR AND SWITCH |
US13347821 |
2012-01-11 |
US20120182100A1 |
2012-07-19 |
Yannick Vuillermet; Henri Sibuet |
The invention pertains to a contactor actuatable by a magnetic field wherein: first and second strips comprise pads forming several pairs of pads P1i, P2i facing each other, immediately consecutive along the longitudinal direction, and each strip comprises at least one bridge Ptji, each bridge mechanically and directly linking two immediately consecutive pads Pji, Pj,i+1 of a same strip, the cross-section of this bridge Ptji being reduced as compared with the cross-section of the pads Pji et Pj,i+1, and the surface area SPtji of the smallest cross-section of the bridge Ptji verifying the following relationship: 0
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133 |
CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING DUAL ARC CHAMBER |
US12898236 |
2010-10-05 |
US20110079583A1 |
2011-04-07 |
Hai Chen; Larry Navarre; Hector Malacara |
A circuit breaker which includes first and second contact pairs and a contact arm arranged in series. A first arm contact and a first terminal contact from a first line terminal form a first contact pair. A second arm contact and a second terminal contact from a second line terminal contact form a second contact pair. The first contact pair, contact arm and second contact pair are connected in a series arrangement in which the air gaps formed when the first and second contact pairs are separated combine to form an effective air gap which is double in size and thus increases an interrupting capacity of the circuit breaker. An arc chamber is associated with the first and second contact pairs for extinguishing an arc formed in the air gaps. The first and second contact pairs may also be arranged in a parallel configuration for increasing an amperage rating of the circuit breaker. |
134 |
CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER AND RECEPTACLE INCLUDING IMPROVED CONTACT CONFIGURATION |
US12569216 |
2009-09-29 |
US20110075303A1 |
2011-03-31 |
ROBERT T. ELMS |
A circuit interrupter includes first, second and third electrical conductors, a planar conductive member having first, second and third contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to move the planar conductive member toward the electrical conductors to electrically connect the first, second and third electrical conductors to the respective first, second and third contacts, and to move the planar conductive member away from the electrical conductors to electrically disconnect the electrical conductors from the contacts upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition, such that the electrical conductors are electrically isolated from each other. When one of the electrical conductors is welded to one of the contacts, the operating mechanism and the planar conductive member cooperate to electrically disconnect the other two of the electrical conductors from the other two of the contacts upon the occurrence of the predetermined condition. |
135 |
Mechanical switch that reduces the effect of contact resistance |
US11711523 |
2007-02-27 |
US07754986B1 |
2010-07-13 |
Trevor Niblock; Roozbeh Parsa; Peter J. Hopper |
A switch structure substantially reduces the effect of contact resistance by placing two mechanical switches in parallel between a source and a load, and sequentially closing and opening the mechanical switches so that one switch closes before the other switch, and opens after the other switch. The switch structure with the two mechanical switches can be realized with standard micro machined switches or as a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) cantilever switch. |
136 |
Contact arm assembly and method for assembling the contact arm assembly |
US12243306 |
2008-10-01 |
US07718908B2 |
2010-05-18 |
Girish Hassan Mruthunjaya; Jayesh Mavji Maru |
A contact arm assembly and a method for assembling the contact arm assembly are provided. The contact arm assembly includes a first contact arm having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion has a first contact disposed thereon and a first spring holder portion disposed thereon. The second end portion has a first tab member for coupling a first braided strap thereto. The first contact arm has a first pivot aperture extending therethrough. The contact arm assembly further includes first and second side plates. The first side plate is disposed proximate to a first side of the first contact arm and the second side plate is disposed proximate to a second side of the first contact arm. |
137 |
Micro-electromechanical system based soft switching |
US11314879 |
2005-12-20 |
US07633725B2 |
2009-12-15 |
William James Premerlani; Kanakasabapathi Subramanian; Christopher Keimel; John N. Park; Ajit Achuthan; Wensen Wang; Joshua Isaac Wright; Kristina Margaret Korosi; Somashekhar Basavaraj |
A system is presented. The system includes detection circuitry configured to detect occurrence of a zero crossing of an alternating source voltage or an alternating load current. The system also includes switching circuitry coupled to the detection circuitry and comprising a micro-electromechanical system switch. Additionally, the system includes control circuitry coupled to the detection circuitry and the switching circuitry and configured to perform arc-less switching of the micro-electromechanical system switch responsive to a detected zero crossing of an alternating source voltage or alternating load current. |
138 |
Contact device for a high resistive power contactor |
US12453300 |
2009-05-06 |
US20090288935A1 |
2009-11-26 |
Patrick Larcher; Julien Guibert; Joel Reboulet |
A contactor comprises, for each phase, a pair of contact devices which comprise a connection strip and at least two conductors provided with a stationary contact, and a movable contact bridge able to close the two stationary contacts or not. According to the invention, the contact device is formed from superposition of a number of pieces equal to the number of conductors, each piece comprising one of the conductors and a connection part corresponding to the connection strip but of smaller thickness. Each of the pieces can be made from folded metal. The connection parts are coupled to one another to form the connection strip by means of holes at the same time as the sets of bars are secured thereto. |
139 |
OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE |
US12065996 |
2006-08-31 |
US20090134962A1 |
2009-05-28 |
Takeshi Nishida |
A plurality of pairs of a movable contact point and a fixed contact point, which are opposite so that they can be contacted with and separated from each other, are provided in parallel and connected in series so that an electrical current flows in the same direction between the movable contact point and the fixed contact point, which are simultaneously closed. Permanent magnets are disposed on lateral sides of the movable contact point and the fixed contact point so that a magnetic field, which extends an arc generated between the contact points in either an upward or downward direction, is formed. |
140 |
CIRCUIT BREAKER SUBASSEMBLY APPARATUS |
US11768611 |
2007-06-26 |
US20090000933A1 |
2009-01-01 |
Narayansamy Soundararajan; Girish Hassan Mruthunjaya; Yatin Vilas Newase |
A circuit breaker subassembly is disclosed. The subassembly includes a base, an operating mechanism, a one-piece non-conductive rotor disposed within the base, and a plurality of sets of contact arms supported by the rotor. The rotor is disposed in operable connection with the operating mechanism and includes a rotational degree of freedom relative to the base with portions of the rotor disposed between each set of the plurality of sets of contact arms to define separation portions. The operating mechanism includes a frame disposed within the base, a cradle in pivotal connection with the frame, an upper link in pivotal connection with the cradle, and a lower link having a first end and a second end, the first end in pivotal connection with the upper link and the second end in pivotal connection with the rotor at the separation portions. |