H01H71/0207

AIR-BLOWING TRIPPING MECHANISM AND MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER

An air-blowing tripping mechanism that is driven by gas, and includes a housing having a sealing cavity with an air-blowing channel blocked by an insulating partition plate that is blown by the gas to move, whereby the gas enters the sealing cavity, and a push rod rotationally connected to the housing. The push rod includes a rotating arm rotationally connected aside of the sealing cavity, and a reset arm. One end of the rotating arm has an operating portion opposite to an operating mechanism of a circuit breaker, and the other end of the rotating arm has an air-blowing end that extends into the sealing cavity, is located on one side of the insulating partition plate and can drive the rotating arm to rotate under the action of the gas. The reset arm is on the rotating arm and used for driving the push rod to reset.

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKER DEVICE
20240186092 · 2024-06-06 · ·

An electric circuit breaker device includes a housing, an igniter, a projectile, and a conductor piece including, between a first connection end portion and a second connection end portion, a cutoff portion to be cut by movement of the projectile, in which a boundary portion with the cutoff portion from which the cutoff portion is cut in the first connection end portion of the conductor piece held in the housing is defined as a first cutting edge portion, and a boundary portion with the cutoff portion from which the cutoff portion is cut in the second connection end portion is defined as a second cutting edge portion, and a groove is formed at a position corresponding to the conductor piece crossing an accommodating space and in a predetermined inter-edge inner wall region positioned between the first cutting edge portion and the second cutting edge portion, in an inner wall surface of the housing.

Protective wiring device
10291014 · 2019-05-14 · ·

The present invention is directed to electrical wiring device that includes: a housing assembly including a cover assembly and a back body member, the cover assembly including a front cover having a plurality of receptacle openings, the housing assembly further including a plurality of line terminals and a plurality of feed-through load terminals, a plurality of receptacle load terminals substantially aligned with the plurality of receptacle openings; a separator portion disposed between the back body member and the cover assembly, the separator portion including a reset pin aperture accessible via a first major surface facing the front cover and a reset pin guide portion disposed on an opposite second major surface facing the back body member both being configured to accommodate a reset pin; and a latch block assembly including a central latch block portion configured to accommodate the reset pin and a latching element, the central latch block portion including an open side configured to accommodate the reset pin guide portion, the reset pin being substantially prevented by the reset pin guide portion from exiting the central latch block portion via the open side.

Electromagnetic actuator and circuit breaker comprising such an actuator

An electromagnetic actuator including a magnetic housing, a coil that is rigidly connected to the housing and is capable of being connected to an electric circuit, a magnetic core that is arranged in the coil and can move along a central axis defined by the coil and according to the strength of the current flowing in the coil, and a shunt that is arranged in the coil and includes a magnetocaloric material the magnetisation of which is temperature-dependent. The shunt is arranged in the coil along the central axis along a length so as to create an air gap between the shunt and the magnetic core. The actuator further includes a device for attaching the shunt to the housing that are designed to adjust the length.

MODULE FOR DETECTING AN ELECTRICAL FAULT FOR AN ELECTRICAL PROTECTION ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRICAL PROTECTION ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A DETECTION MODULE

A module for detecting an electrical fault includes a housing; a first conductor and a second conductor; a first measurement toroid, positioned around the first conductor and around the second conductor, for measuring a differential current flowing between the first and second conductors; a second measurement toroid, positioned around the first conductor, for detecting an electric arc signal flowing through this conductor; a relay; an electronic processing circuit configured to switch the relay according to the current measured by the measurement toroids. The measurement toroids are aligned with one another and the first toroid takes the shape of an elongated tube and allows the differential protection to operate with its own current.

LUG ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND METHODS
20190109426 · 2019-04-11 ·

Lug assemblies include a housing with at least one internal printed circuit board with electronics and lugs. The lugs attach to cables providing power/current. The printed circuit board includes at least one electrical ground connector and at least one electrical contact connector. The lug assemblies include terminals that indirectly electrically couple the cables to terminals of switching devices such as circuit breakers.

GROUND FAULT MODULES AND RELATED CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS AND METHODS

Plug-on ground fault modules are configured with a housing and at least one ground fault terminal. The at least one ground fault terminal can be a rigid or semi-rigid member that is configured to slidably engage a circuit breaker terminal. The modules also include aground fault circuit coupled to the ground fault terminal and at least one printed circuit board in the housing with components of the ground fault circuit including at least one solenoid assembly coupled thereto with a respective magnetized or magnetic plunger member residing on or adjacent thereto, and at least one current transformer. The modules also include at least one collar assembly residing in the housing spaced apart from the solenoid assembly and plunger member that is arranged to be able to engage a lever in the circuit interrupter to delatch the circuit interrupter.

Electrical switching apparatus and shunt tab assembly therefor

A shunt tab assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, separable contacts enclosed by the housing, an operating mechanism for opening and closing the separable contacts, and a number of shunts. The operating mechanism includes a trip unit. The shunt tab assembly includes a shunt tab structured to be electrically connected to the shunts, a biasing element structured to bias the shunt tab toward a predetermined position with respect to the housing, and a fastener structured to mechanically couple and electrically connect the trip unit to the shunt tab.

Circuit breaker having a floating moveable contact

A circuit breaker includes a housing, a fixed contact mounted in the housing, a pivot member arranged in the housing, and a pivoting arm moveably mounted in the housing. The pivoting arm includes a moveable contact. The pivoting arm is rotatable about and translatable relative to the pivot member to selectively engage and disengage the fixed and moveable contacts.

Molded-case circuit breaker for DC
10236150 · 2019-03-19 · ·

The present invention relates to a molded-case circuit breaker for direct current (DC), and more particularly, to a molded-case circuit breaker for DC in which a connecting conductor for connecting terminals in the DC circuit breaker is configured as an assembly unit and contained in a terminal receiving portion to improve insulation performance and assemblability and reduce occupied space. There is provided a molded-case circuit breaker for DC that contains a plurality of interruption units, the DC circuit breaker including a terminal connecting unit that connects terminals of adjacent interruption units, the terminal connecting unit being placed within a terminal receiving portion on the front or rear of an outer casing of the circuit breaker.