A vacuum interrupter for a vacuum circuit breaker is disclosed, in which a center shield is arranged between an upper insulating envelope and a lower insulating envelope, whereby the center shield is not provided inside each of the insulating envelopes and thus outer diameters of the respective insulating envelopes are reduced.

A vacuum interrupter includes a housing having at least one annular ceramic insulating element which forms a vacuum chamber. A contact system has two contacts which are movable relative to one another. A capacitive element has two electrodes and a dielectric material disposed between the electrodes. The capacitive element is form-lockingly mounted on the insulating element and has a capacitance between 400 pF and 4000 pF. A high-voltage switching assembly including the vacuum interrupter is also provided.

A vacuum interrupter (1) is equipped with a vacuum container (2) and a fixed electrode (3) and a movable electrode (4), which are provided in the vacuum container (2). The vacuum container (2) is constructed by hermetically joining a fixed-side end plate (6) to one end portion of an insulating tube (5) and by hermetically joining a movable-side end plate (7) to the other end portion of the insulating tube (5). The insulating tube (5) is equipped at its end portion with a projection portion (5a) that projects in an axial direction of the insulating tube (5) along an outer periphery of the insulating tube (5). The insulating tube (5) is equipped at its end portion with an end plate joining portion (5b) that projects from a base end portion of the projection portion (5a) in an inner peripheral direction of the insulating tube (5). The end plate joining portion (5b) is equipped on its surface with a metallized layer (8) to which the fixed-side end plate (6) (or the movable-side end plate (7)) is joined by brazing. The metallized layer (8) is equipped with a joining portion (8a) that extends in a radial direction of the insulating tube (5), and an extension portion (8b) that extends in an axial direction of the insulating tube (5) from an end portion of the joining portion (8a) on an inner peripheral side of the insulating tube (5).

A vacuum interrupter includes a housing having at least one annular ceramic insulating element which forms a vacuum chamber. A contact system has two contacts which are movable relative to one another. A capacitive element has two electrodes and a dielectric material disposed between the electrodes. The capacitive element is form-lockingly mounted on the insulating element and has a capacitance between 400 pF and 4000 pF. A high-voltage switching assembly including the vacuum interrupter is also provided.

Various embodiments include an insulator arrangement for a high-voltage or medium-voltage assembly comprising an axially symmetrical insulating structure element having two annular base regions separated from one another by an annular blocking region. The relative permittivity of the material of the blocking region is at least twice as high as the relative permittivity of the material of the base region.

Various embodiments may include an insulator arrangement for a switchgear assembly comprising: an axially symmetrical insulating structure element; a first conductive annular structure arranged on an inner surface of the structure element; and a second conductive annular structure arranged on an outer surface of the structure element. The first annular structure and the second annular structure are insulated from one another by the insulating structure element.

Various embodiments include an insulator arrangement for a high-voltage or medium-voltage assembly comprising an axially symmetrical insulating structure element having two annular base regions separated from one another by an annular blocking region. The relative permittivity of the material of the blocking region is at least twice as high as the relative permittivity of the material of the base region.

Various embodiments may include an insulator arrangement for a switchgear assembly comprising: an axially symmetrical insulating structure element; a first conductive annular structure arranged on an inner surface of the structure element; and a second conductive annular structure arranged on an outer surface of the structure element. The first annular structure and the second annular structure are insulated from one another by the insulating structure element.

A vacuum interrupter for switching voltages, in particular high voltages, has at least one sleeve casing, at least one fixed contact, and at least one movable contact. One or more control elements are arranged directly on the vacuum interrupter. An assembly includes an arrangement of multiple vacuum interrupters that are connected electrically in series. A method for controlling a voltage distribution across the vacuum interrupters is effected by way of control elements, in particular by way of capacitors and/or resistors that are arranged directly on the vacuum interrupters.

A vacuum valve according to embodiments of the present disclosure comprise a prescribed shaped vacuum insulation vessel 1 having openings on its both ends, sealing metal fittings 2,3 configured to seal the openings of the vacuum insulation vessel 1 respectively, and a pair of contact points 5,6 which can be brought into contact or out of contact with each other and is arranged within the vacuum insulation vessel 1, wherein the vacuum insulation vessel 1 includes a base material layer 1c of aluminum oxide, a 1st oxidization promotion layer 1a whose oxygen combination was promoted, which 1st oxidization promotion layer 1a is formed on the inner circumference of the base material layer 1c, and a 2nd oxidization promotion layer 1b whose oxygen combination was promoted, which 2nd oxidization promotion layer 1b is formed on the outer circumference of the base material layer 1c.