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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7902478 | Switching chamber for a gas-insulated high-voltage switch The switching chamber is intended for a gas-insulated high-voltage switch. It contains a housing filled with insulating gas and a contact arrangement held in the housing. The contact arrangement has, in a coaxial arrangement, the following components: two switching ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7816618 | Gas insulated switchgear The invention secures superior performance by restraining carbon generation also when using as an arc extinguishing medium a gas comprising the element C and having a global warming potential lower than that of SF6 gas. A fixed contact section and a movab... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7692113 | Switch assembly The invention relates to a switch assembly comprising an essentially tubular enclosed housing. The tubular axis of the enclosed housing deviates from the horizontal and the vertical. The switch assembly comprises an interrupter unit, to which three main leads are co... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7402771 | Circuit breaker An exemplary circuit breaker has in an enclosure filled with an insulating gas at least one interrupting chamber extending along a longitudinal axis. The interrupting chamber can be configured radially symmetrically and contains an arcing volume and at least two ass... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391605 | Encapsulated gas-insulated switchgear assembly The switchgear assembly has a polyphase design and has a gas-filled, modular encapsulation for each phase. Provided as the modules are at least one busbar, which is guided predominantly horizontally, a circuit breaker and two combined disconnecting-earthing switches... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7279930 | Architecture for routing resources in a field programmable gate array A turning structure for routing channels in a field programmable gate array, comprising a first plurality of routing channels having a first direction and a second plurality of routing channels having a second direction. The first plurality of routing channels inter... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7236351 | Armoured station element articulated to the ground The high-voltage metal-clad substation element comprises at least one circuit-breaker connected electrically and mechanically to at least one set of busbars (3, 4) extending along an axis (D) that extends transversely to the longitudinal axis (AX) of the circ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7202435 | Circuit-breaker An exemplary circuit breaker includes at least one arcing chamber that is filled with isolating gas, extends along a longitudinal axis, is designed to be essentially radially symmetrical, contains an arc area and has at least two power contact pieces. At least one o... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7193172 | Gas-insulated switchgear tank In a gas-insulated switchgear tank in which an electric insulating characteristic is improved by a gas, and which has a vacuum circuit-breaker, a disconnecting switch, and a container in which container the vacuum circuit-breaker and the disconnecting switch are arr... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7130172 | Switchgear and receiving transformation apparatus using the same A switchgear having a primary circuit breaker and a secondary circuit breaker respectively arranged on the primary side and secondary side of a load switch or a voltage and current transformer for an instrument, a primary grounding switch arranged between the load s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122759 | Compact earthing switch for gas-insulated switchgear assemblies A compact earthing switch (1′) is provided by a mounting lid (10) of the gas-insulated switchgear assembly (15) having a concave physical volume (100) which extends the gas chamber (9) and by the earthing switch fixed contact ( | 10/17/2006 |
| 7022922 | Power switch with a mobile contact element and extinction gas flow that move in an axial direction when activated The invention relates to a power switch (100) that comprises a contact element (105, 107) mobile in an axial direction and an extinction gas flow that moves in said axial direction when the switch is actuated. Said extinction gas flow is coaxially surr... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010436 | Method and device for prediction of a zero-crossing alternating current An apparatus (14) for detecting a zero-crossing of an alternating current after occurrence of a fault in a current path (2) for determining a suitable time for opening an electric switching device (2) arranged in the current path for breaking th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995330 | Earthing switch A high for medium voltage gas insulated earthing switch comprises at least one conducting bar in an enclosure, with a corresponding earthing contact and a phase contact fixed to the said bar that will be electrically connected to the earthing contact to earth the sa... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6946613 | Gas-insulated switchgear A gas-insulated switchgear includes a tank filled with an electrically insulating gas, first and second conductors disposed within the tank, a disconnector for disconnecting the first conductor and the second conductor from each other, and a grounding switch for gro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926547 | Electrical connector An arc quenching electrical connector has a male pin terminal which inserts longitudinally into a receptacle or terminal having a gassing wall engaged concentrically about the receptacle. During “hot unplugging” of the electrical connector, an arc is carried bet... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6927356 | Enclosed switchgear In a switchgear, oscillation of a moving current-carrying shaft and a moving contact of a vacuum valve is minimized, offset load on the contact surface is reduced, and friction the portion supporting the moving current-carrying shaft is reduced. A vacuum valve is di... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6872907 | Circuit-breaker This circuit-breaker has at least one arcing chamber which is filled with isolating gas, extends along a longitudinal axis, is designed to be essentially radially symmetrical, contains an arc area and has at least two power contact pieces. At least one of the power ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6787725 | Switching mechanism of circuit breaker for gas insulted switchgear A switching mechanism of a circuit breaker for a gas insulated switchgear is able to extinguish arc gas by changing a volume of a compressing chamber without increasing a stroke of a movable cylinder and without increasing required output power of an actuator. ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6762386 | Switchgear A switchgear wherein a connecting portion to be connected to a transmission side branch bus container and a connecting portion to be connected to a receiving side branch bus container are provided on a circuit breaker container in an up and down relation so as to fa... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6744000 | High-voltage circuit breaker having an insulating nozzle In a high-voltage circuit breaker having two arcing contacts arranged coaxially relative to one another and having an insulating nozzle which in the closed state is blocked by a first arcing contact the first arcing contact has a shaft having a greater diameter and ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740837 | Contact zone for a power breaker A contact zone (1) of a quenching chamber which is arranged rotationally symmetrical about a central axis (2) and is filled with an insulating medium, having at least two stationary consumable contacts which are in the form of contact rings (4, 15 | 05/25/2004 |
| 6727454 | Gas-insulated switchgear A gas-insulated switch gear has a plurality of bay units having bus ducts each containing a three-phase bus and connected by bellows expansion joints. When the bay unit needs to be inspected for maintenance, the bellows expansion joints are compressed, and only the ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723939 | Isolation switch for electric power systems The movable conductors of a three-phase isolation switch are incorporated into the electrically insulative molded shaft, thereby mechanically supporting them and isolating them from the metal axle of the shaft. Movable contacts on the ends of each movable conductor ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6689980 | Circuit breaker having hybrid arc extinguishing function A circuit breaker having a hybrid arc-extinguishing function includes: an upper shell; a lower shell coupled to the upper shell to form an extinguishing chamber (S) filled with an insulation gas; a movable electrode movably installed at the upper shell an... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6664494 | Current collector and gas circuit breaker A current collector, in which contact portions are free from dissolved loss even both fixed and moving contacts slidingly contact with each other, and durability as well as a current-carrying perfomance is improved, including a container, which is filled ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6664493 | Gas-insulated switchgear A gas-insulated switchgear of an 11/2 CB system, in which three circuit breakers are electrically connected in series between a pair of buses and a connecting line for supplying and receiving electric power is led out from between the circuit breakers, is... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6657150 | Shorting switch and system to eliminate arcing faults in power distribution equipment A shorting switch includes a vacuum switch having fixed and movable contact assemblies and a driven member. A spring cover tube and bushing mount the driven member for linear movement along a path substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the movab... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6627831 | Insulating component for high-voltage installations and a method for the production thereof Insulating component for high-voltage systems, and a method for its production In an insulating component (9, 18) for high-voltage systems, in particular gas-insulated systems, the invention provides for the material of the component to be treated with al... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6624370 | Gas circuit breaker A highly reliable gas circuit breaker capable of improving the braking performance and the insulating performance and a gas circuit breaker capable of allowing a stress acting on the supporting member of the electrode are provided. The gas circuit breaker... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6621030 | Gas-insulated switchgear A gas-insulated switchgear includes a sealed vessel filled with an insulating gas, a circuit breaker held in the sealed vessel, and a branch pipe attached to a lower part of the sealed vessel right below the circuit breaker. The branch pipe defines a hand... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6603088 | Pressurized gas circuit-breaker pole that can be assembled and disassembled without significant loss of gas A pressurized gas circuit-breaker pole includes a first enclosure or pole head having a first envelope with a first connecting flange including a circular orifice. The envelope contains a first mobile assembly terminating in a coupling member coaxial with... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6583375 | Drive rod for a high-voltage circuit-breaker The drive rod for high-voltage switchgear that is insulated with a dielectric gas comprises a segment made of an electrically-insulating material and two metal end pieces fixed to respective ends of the segment, as well as a thermal shield that is made of... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6559403 | Three-position electrical switch having a switching element that is movable in axial translation The three-position, gas-insulated, metal-clad electrical switch inside a metal casing includes first and second break contacts, a fixed grounding contact, and a switching element that is movable in an axial direction to interconnect the break contacts. Th... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6545241 | Gas-insulated switchgear device A high- and medium-voltage gas-insulated switchgear device having a casing. The casing includes an interruption unit having at least one fixed contact and one moving contact that can couple with each other, and a first actuator that is operatively connect... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6538224 | Hybrid type gas insulation switch gear apparatus In a hybrid type gas insulation switch gear apparatus, a main enclosure including a first cylindrical section have a base and a second cylindrical section branched from the base. A bushing is mounted on the cylindrical section and including a hollow insul... | 03/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6515247 | Gas insulated switchgear A compact-sized gas insulated switchgear accommodates components and devices constituting its line side unit into one container. Arresters and cable heads are accommodated in a lower section of the line side unit, and a circle connecting centers of respec... | 02/04/2003 |
