A contactor (1) comprising: one or more electric poles (3); for each electric pole, a fixed contact (31) and a corresponding movable contact (32), the one or more movable contacts (32) of said contactor being reversibly movable, along corresponding displacement axes (33) mutually parallel and lying on a common displacement plane (34), between a first position (A), at which said movable contacts are decoupled from the corresponding fixed contacts, and a second position (B), at which said movable contacts are coupled with the corresponding fixed contacts; a movable armature (7) reversibly movable, along a corresponding displacement direction parallel to the displacement axes (33) of said movable contacts, between a third position (C) and a fourth position (D); for each electric pole, a first plunger (8) coupled with said movable armature (7) and with a corresponding movable contact (32), each first plunger extending along a corresponding main longitudinal axis parallel or coinciding with the displacement axis (33) of a corresponding movable contact (32); an electromagnetic actuator (4) comprising a magnetic yoke (41, 42) having a fixed yoke member (41) and a movable yoke member (42), said movable yoke member being reversibly movable, along a corresponding displacement direction parallel to the displacement axes (33) of said movable contacts (32), between a fifth position (E), at which it is decoupled from said fixed yoke member, and a sixth position (F), at which it is coupled with said fixed yoke member, said electromagnetic actuator further comprising a coil (44) wound around said fixed yoke member (41) and adapted to be fed by a coil current (IC) to make said fixed yoke member (41) to magnetically interact with said movable yoke member (42) and generate a force to move said movable yoke member from said fifth position (E) to said sixth position (F) or maintain said movable yoke member in said sixth position (F); one or more opening springs (6) coupled with said fixed yoke member (41) and said movable yoke member (42), said opening springs being adapted to provide a force to move said movable yoke member from said sixth position (F) to said fifth position (E); one or more second plungers (5) coupled with said movable yoke member (42) and said movable armature (7), each second plunger extending along a corresponding main longitudinal axis parallel with the displacement axes (33) of said movable contacts (32).

A locking system for an enclosure, including a control bracket mounted to a door of the enclosure and configured to slide in a longitudinal direction along a guide rod running through a pin bracket of the control bracket. The control bracket further includes a latching pin to secure the door of the enclosure. A handle mechanism has a push rod that causes the control bracket to slide along the longitudinal direction, also causing the latching pin to move into a position that secures the door.

A device for operating a switching device, such as a vacuum interrupter, includes an operating axle for operating the switching device; a driving unit for driving the operation axle; a spring element coupled between the driving unit and the operating axle; and a blocking device for blocking rotation of the operating axle.

An exemplary working cylinder for a drive of an electric circuit breaker includes a base that includes a cylinder head and a cylinder body that are connected to one another. Additional components are fastened to the cylinder head as a core piece of the drive, and a thrust ring is guided on an outer surface of the cylinder body. The thrust ring compresses mechanical springs in the mechanical resilient energy storage device by way of a storage piston in a storage module.

A breaker includes a stationary contact, a movable contact, an operation device including a link portion liked to the movable contact and including an output lever rotatably supported, the operation device operating rotation of the output lever in accordance with a first control signal for a command for pulling out the movable contact and a second control signal for a command for inserting the movable contact, and an auxiliary contact to switch between turn-on and turn-off of an input of the first control signal and the second control signal to the operation device in conjunction with operation of the output lever, the auxiliary contact being able to be used in a circuit configuration to monitor a state of the operation device. The output lever rotates so as to operate a first link portion on a side toward a first direction with respect to a rotational center of the output lever.

A circuit interrupting device including a loop split interrupter for interrupting a loop split circuit with a high current and a low voltage and a quick whip interrupter for interrupting a charging circuit with a low current and a high voltage.

An exemplary mechanically operated switching device includes at least one movable contact and an operating mechanism for coupling/separating the movable contact to/from a corresponding fixed contact. The operating mechanism includes first elastic mechanism for, upon release, providing the energy to separate the movable and fixed contacts. At least one shunt release having: a member movable between first and second stable positions, wherein movement from the first stable position to the second stable position releases the first elastic mechanism; at least a permanent magnet generating a force for holding the movable member in the first stable position, wherein the movable member held in the first stable position compresses a second elastic mechanism; and at least one electrical winding associated with the movable member and the electronic mechanism, which is configured to electrically drive the winding to generate a magnetic force that releases of the compressed second elastic mechanism.

In some embodiments, a locking device for an operating mechanism of a gas insulated switchgear, capable of locking or unlocking operations of an operating mechanism of disconnecting switches and earthing switches of the gas insulated switchgear.

Provided is a spring drive cam for a spring drive of a circuit breaker including a disc-like shape configured for rotating around a rotation axis in the spring drive, whereby the disc-like shape comprises a radius (R) that changes depending on an angle (α) of the radius (R) relative to a base angle (α0), and whereby a rate (dR/dα) defined by a change of the radius (R) per change of the angle (α) is ≤0.3 mm/°.

A method for producing a voltage for an electric motor of a drive of an electrical switch includes producing a DC link direct voltage from a supply voltage and producing the motor voltage by pulse-width modulation of the direct voltage. A tolerance range for changing the direct voltage is specified, and an actual value of the direct voltage is continually measured. After first measuring the actual value, it is stored in a voltage variable. After each additional measurement, it is checked whether the deviation of the actual from the stored value lies within the tolerance range. The actual value is stored if the deviation from the stored value lies outside of the tolerance range. After each storage, a duty cycle of the pulse-width modulation dependent on the actual value is calculated, and the pulse-width modulation occurs with the duty cycle. A power converter is also provided.