Patent classifications
H01H39/00
TRIGGERED FUSE FOR LOW-VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS
The invention relates to a triggered fuse for low-voltage applications for protecting devices that can be connected to a power supply system, in particular surge protection devices, consisting of at least one fusible conductor which is located between two contacts and is arranged in a housing, and also consisting of a trigger device for controlled disconnection of the fusible conductor in the event of malfunctions or overload states of the respective connected device, wherein an arc quenching medium is introduced into the housing. By way of example, an arc quenching medium-free region is formed in the housing such that the at least one fusible conductor is exposed, and a mechanical disconnection element can be introduced into the arc quenching medium-free region via an access point in the housing in order to mechanically destroy the at least one fusible conductor depending on the trigger device, and independently of its melting integral.
Pyrotechnic fuse for interrupting an electrical circuit
The invention relates to a pyrotechnic fuse for interrupting an electrical circuit, comprising a body (9), in which an explosive charge is disposed, wherein: the pyrotechnic fuse comprises a hollow cylinder (11), in which a piston (12) is disposed, beneath which a separation claw (13) is disposed, beneath which the conductor (20), which is to be severed, is disposed; the piston (12) and the separation claw (13) are pressed downwards once the pyrotechnic fuse has been triggered, and the separation claw (13) severs the conductor (20) at two points; a quenching substance storage chamber (14) is disposed outside the cylinder (11), which quenching substance storage chamber, as a result of the piston being pressed downwards once the pyrotechnic fuse has been triggered, is opened towards a separation chamber (15) such that the quenching substance moves into the separation chamber.
Electrical disconnecting device, system comprising a disconnecting device, and method for producing a disconnecting device
An electrical disconnecting device comprising a housing, a first terminal lug (4a) inserted into the housing, a second terminal lug (4b) inserted into the housing, a current path forming between the first and second terminal lugs (4a, 4b) in a closed state, a separation point (6) spatially located between the terminal lugs, the separation point (6) disconnecting the current path between the terminal lugs (4a, 4b) in the separated state, a actuator (8) influencing a separation of the separation point (6), a channel formed in the housing between the actuator (8) and the separation point (6), the actuator closing the channel on a side facing away from the separation point, and a connecting element which is arranged on the side of the actuator facing away from the channel and accommodates at least two electrical connections of the actuator, characterized in that the connecting element accommodates at least two contact elements of a switching path, in that the contact elements are each guided into the channel via connecting webs and are short-circuited to one another in the channel at a connecting point in such a way that, when the actuator is triggered, the connecting point is moved away from the contact elements, so that the connecting webs are mechanically disconnected.
INTERRUPTER AND INTERRUPTER SYSTEM
An interrupter includes a gas producer, an actuator pin, and an electrical conductor. The electrical conductor includes a first terminal portion, a first separable portion, a second terminal portion, and a second separable portion. The second separable portion is electrically connected to the first separable portion in parallel. A first timing when the first separable portion starts to be cut off from the first terminal portion is earlier than a second timing when the second separable portion starts to be cut off from the second terminal portion.
ACTIVE/PASSIVE FUSE MODULE
An active/passive fuse module including a base, a busbar disposed on the base and including a fuse element extending over a cavity in a top surface of the base and having a plurality of weak points formed therein, a pyrotechnic interrupter (PI) disposed atop the base and including a piston disposed within a shaft above the fuse element, the piston having an edge with a geometry that corresponds to a geometry of a pattern defined by the weak points in the fuse element, a first pyrotechnic ignitor coupled to a controller and configured to detonate and force the piston through the fuse element upon receiving an initiation signal from the controller, and a second pyrotechnic ignitor coupled to the busbar by a pair of leads and configured to detonate and force the piston through the fuse element upon an increase in voltage across the leads.
ACTIVE/PASSIVE FUSE MODULE
An active/passive fuse module including a base, a busbar disposed on the base and including a fuse element extending over a cavity in a top surface of the base and having a plurality of weak points formed therein, a pyrotechnic interrupter (PI) disposed atop the base and including a piston disposed within a shaft above the fuse element, the piston having an edge with a geometry that corresponds to a geometry of a pattern defined by the weak points in the fuse element, a first pyrotechnic ignitor coupled to a controller and configured to detonate and force the piston through the fuse element upon receiving an initiation signal from the controller, and a second pyrotechnic ignitor coupled to the busbar by a pair of leads and configured to detonate and force the piston through the fuse element upon an increase in voltage across the leads.
COOLANT FITTING PROMOTING TURBULENT FLOW
An integrated inverter assembly with turbulent flow and increased heat transfer includes an integrated coolant coupling port with a ribbed interior surface; a fluid connector having a chamfered lip and a fir tree circumferentially aligned with at least one O-ring on an outer body of the fluid connector; and a baffled hose configured to couple the integrated coolant coupling port with the fluid connector, wherein the baffled hose provides for compliance in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane.
ACTUATING APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING AT LEAST ONE PYROFUSE, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING A PYROFUSE OF THIS KIND
The present invention relates to an actuating apparatus for triggering at least one pyrofuse, comprising a supply voltage connection for connection to a supply voltage, at least one triggering output for connecting the at least one pyrofuse and applying a triggering current to the pyrofuse, a signal input for receiving a triggering signal which indicates a state which extends the triggering, and at least one actuating circuit, which can be connected to the supply connection, for providing the triggering current at the triggering outlet in accordance with the received triggering signal, wherein said actuating circuit comprises a field-effect transistor stage for connecting the supply voltage through to the triggering output in accordance with the received triggering signal.
ACTUATING APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING AT LEAST ONE PYROFUSE, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING A PYROFUSE OF THIS KIND
The present invention relates to an actuating apparatus for triggering at least one pyrofuse, comprising a supply voltage connection for connection to a supply voltage, at least one triggering output for connecting the at least one pyrofuse and applying a triggering current to the pyrofuse, a signal input for receiving a triggering signal which indicates a state which extends the triggering, and at least one actuating circuit, which can be connected to the supply connection, for providing the triggering current at the triggering outlet in accordance with the received triggering signal, wherein said actuating circuit comprises a field-effect transistor stage for connecting the supply voltage through to the triggering output in accordance with the received triggering signal.
Mechanical breaking and fusing combined multi-fracture excitation fuse
A mechanical breaking and fusing combined multi-fracture excitation fuse includes a shell, wherein a cavity is formed in the shell, and at least one conductor penetrates through the shell and penetrates through the cavity; at least one excitation device and one breaking device are arranged in the cavity of the shell; the excitation device can receive an external excitation signal to drive the breaking device to act to break a conductor corresponding thereof to form at least two fractures on the conductor, at least one fuse is connected in parallel onto the conductor. The melt is connected in parallel with at least one fracture, and the melt is connected in series with at least one fracture.