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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7262362 | High voltage device with a particle trap The high-voltage switching device used in one installation position and has metallic encapsulation (10) a switching gap (4) and a particle trap (1) for holding foreign body particles (2), and is characterized in that in the one installati... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7199324 | High-voltage hybrid circuit-breaker The invention relates to a hybrid circuit-breaker which, for each pole, comprises a dielectric-gas interrupting chamber (1) which contains a first contact (1A) and a moving second contact (1B) that are disposed longitudinally to a first axis (AA... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7135652 | Vacuum switchgear Disclosed is a vacuum switchgear comprising an electro-conductive outer vacuum container, a plurality of inner container disposed in the outer vacuum container. The inner containers and the outer container are electrically isolated from each other. The outer contain... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7038157 | Vacuum circuit breaker with coaxial coil for generating an axial magnetic field in the vicinity of the contact members of the circuit breaker Vacuum circuit breaker, provided with a casing, in which a fixed and movable contact member are each attached to a supporting contact rod and supported therein in a mutually electrically isolated manner, and a coil coaxial to the casing and surrounding the contact m... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6849819 | High-voltage or medium-voltage switch device with combined vacuum and gas breaking A hybrid high-voltage or medium-voltage breaker device includes an enclosure filled with a dielectric gas, a vacuum switch, a gas switch and an operating rod. The vacuum switch includes a fixed first arc contact and a second arc contact which can move in translation... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6727453 | Hybrid circuit breaker with a transmission The hybrid circuit breaker has at least two series-connected arcing chambers, which are operated by a commmon drive via a transmission (29) connected upstream from it. It is intended to be possible to assemble this transmission (29) easily in the inter... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6693250 | Hybrid gas insulation switchgear apparatus A hybrid gas insulation switchgear apparatus comprises an enclosure in which an insulating gas is sealed, a bushing unit provided for the enclosure, a breaker unit disposed inside the enclosure, a disconnector unit disposed inside the enclosure and includ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6643112 | Semiconductor switch-assisted electromechanical relay An electromechanical relay including a mechanical displacement electrical contact and a transistor parallel-connected with the electrical contact. The contact is closed for a voltage V corresponding to the forward direction of the transistor and a powerin... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6593538 | High-voltage interrupter device having combined vacuum and gas interruption A hybrid interrupter device includes a casing filled with a dielectric gas; a vacuum interrupter having a first arcing contact which is fixed and a second arcing contact which moves in translation in the axial direction of the casing; a force exertion dev... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6521855 | Hybrid gas insulation switchgear apparatus A hybrid gas insulation switchgear apparatus comprises an enclosure in which an insulating gas is sealed, a bushing unit provided for the enclosure, a breaker unit disposed inside the enclosure, a disconnector unit disposed inside the enclosure and includ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6437273 | Hybrid circuit breaker This hybrid circuit breaker has at least two series-connected arcing chambers which are operated by a common drive or by separate drives and are filled with different arc extinguishing media. The arc extinguishing and insulating medium in the first arcing... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6437274 | Hybrid circuit breaker This hybrid circuit breaker has at least two series-connected arcing chambers which are operated by a common drive or by separate drives and are filled with different arc extinguishing media. Means are provided which ensure a sensible voltage distribution... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6362444 | Gas insulating switchgear A gas insulating switchgear comprising: a first switching unit for connecting or breaking an electric circuit between a power source and a load; a second switching unit being mechanically and electrically connected with the first switching unit and being ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5859398 | Sequential isolating circuit breaker and actuator A circuit breaker comprises a vacuum interrupter and an isolator in series combination, the vacuum interrupter providing fast interruption of current and the isolator providing a large gap when in the open condition for additional safety and protection ag... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5670767 | Gas-insulated switchgear with improved insulation joint A gas-insulated switchgear in which a washer 5 is electrically connected with a tank 1 by a conductive material 12 having a high resistivity at a position where the tank 1 and a tank 2 are joined through an insulator 13 of the gas-insulated switchgear. In... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5663544 | Switching device having a vacuum circuit-breaker shunt connected with a gas-blast circuit breaker A device for switching electric current includes a compressed gas switch, at least one vacuum switch, and two terminals. A first consumable contact of the compressed gas switch is electrically connected to a first of the two terminals and a movable electr... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5591948 | Vacuum cartridge, notably for a medium voltage electrical cicuit breaker or switch and a switch incorporating such a cartridge A vacuum cartridge for a medium voltage electrical switch, as well as a switch incorporating such a cartridge comprising an enclosure closed by two end-plates in which there are housed three contacts extending axially. Two of these contacts are stationary... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5508486 | Gas-insulated switching unit with a multi-pole vacuum switch and a multi-pole circuit breaker A gas-insulating switching unit includes a gas-filled housing containing a multi-pole vacuum switch and a three-position circuit breaker arranged below it. The vacuum switch is arranged so that the longitudinal axes of the horizontally positioned vacuum s... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5155315 | Hybrid medium voltage circuit breaker The circuit breaker comprises main contacts 26, 30 and a vacuum cartridge 38 in parallel which performs breaking, the assembly being contained in an enclosure 10 filled with sulphur hexafluoride. The cartridge is designed for dielectric withstand in this ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4814559 | Electrical switching device for high switching voltages An electrical switching device for switching high voltages in a network having a defined rated voltage. The device includes a series connection of at least first and second current interrupters having control elements across which a load voltage is distri... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4578550 | Electrical, medium voltage, switching mechanism An electrical, medium voltage, switching mechanism which includes a casing having an insulating material filling. In the casing, between a cable connection and a bus bar, a change-over switch, which can alternately switch between a phase contact and a gro... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4538039 | Composite circuit breaker A composite circuit breaker comprises a closing switch part disposed between a pair of conductors at a position relatively near a load apparatus, a vacuum circuit-breaking part disposed between the conductors at a position adjacent to the closing switch p... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4484046 | Vacuum load break switch A vacuum load break switch uses a vacuum interrupter for the load break device together with a series connected visible disconnect which is interlocked with the vacuum interrupter mechanism. Further, the visible disconnect is grounded in the fully opened ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4484044 | Vacuum load switch with a disconnecting switch A load switch includes a vacuum switch in series with an air disconnecting switch. The vacuum switch comprises a fixed electrode, a movable electrode attached to one end of an axially movable control rod and a retaining spring which exerts a resilient for... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4458119 | Hybrid circuit breaker There is disclosed a vacuum circuit breaker unit wherein a fixed contact and a movable contact which can be brought into contact with or separated from each other are accommodated in a vacuum valve, as well as a gas circuit breaker unit, in which a fixed ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4297553 | Enclosed switching apparatus Enclosed switching apparatus has a tank, a circuit breaker, a pair of contact pedestals provided on both sides of the circuit breaker, and a disconnecting switch. The tank is provided with a lead-out portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the a... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4159498 | Electric circuit breaker with high current interruption capability Current interruption capability for short-line or terminal faults is achieved by connecting a fluid blast interrupter in series with a high current vacuum interrupter capable of withstanding the initial recovery voltage during such fault. The fluid blast ... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4087664 | Hybrid power circuit breaker A hybrid circuit breaker consists of a series-connected vacuum interrupter and sulfur hexafluoride interrupter wherein the contacts of each are simultaneously operated. The sulfur hexafluoride interrupter is of the type in which an arc is rapidly rotated ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 3982088 | High-voltage electric circuit breaker comprising series-connected vacuum interrupter and fluid blast interrupter This high voltage circuit breaker comprises a vacuum type interrupter and a fluid-blast type interrupter electrically connected in series and arranged to be opened substantially simultaneously so that concurrent arcing occurs in the two interrupters until... | 09/21/1976 |
