A compact disconnect device includes a magnetic arc deflection assembly including at least one set of stacked arc plates and at least one magnet disposed adjacent switchable contacts and establishing a magnetic field across the stacked arc plates. The magnetic arc deflection assembly facilitates reliable connection and disconnection of DC voltage circuitry well above 125 VDC with reduced arcing intensity and duration. The disconnect device may be a compact fusible switch disconnect device having dual sets of switch contacts in the same current path.

There is provided a direct current breaker based on vacuum magnetic blowout transfer and a breaking method thereof. The direct current breaker includes a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal, a main current branch, a transfer branch, an energy dissipation branch and a blowout unit. The main current branch is connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. During current conduction of the direct current breaker, current flows through the main current branch. The transfer branch is connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal and connected in parallel with the main current branch. The energy dissipation branch is connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal and connected in parallel with the main current branch and the transfer branch. The blowout unit is arranged between the main current branch and the transfer branch.

A fuse link including magnet for inducing arc directivity is provided, in which the magnet is arranged in an inner surface, an outer surface or the inside of an insulating tube forming the fuse link, and the progress direction of arc energy is coherently directed in a certain direction in accordance with Fleming's left-hand rule by the direction of magnetic field of the arranged magnet so as to increase a disconnection speed of an element (i.e., reducing a blocking speed of a fault current), thereby increasing fault current blocking performance of the fuse link. In particular, a position of the magnet arranged on the insulating tube is arranged at a middle point between a notched portion and the notched portion, a point of notched portion, and the insulating tube corresponding to the middle point between the notched portion and the notched portion and the point of notched portion.

An example interruption switch includes a casing surrounding a contact unit, defining a current path through the switch, which has two connection contacts, a separation region and a sabot. A current supplied to the contact unit may be interrupted via the one of the connection contacts and discharged via the other connection contact. At least one chamber in the switch, delimited by the separation region, is substantially filled with a vaporizable medium in contact with the separation region. The separation region is separable into at least two parts through the supplied current when a threshold amperage is exceeded. An electric arc forming between the two parts at least partially vaporizes the vaporizable medium, and a gas pressure to which the sabot is exposed forms. The sabot moves, in the casing, from a starting to an end position, achieving an insulation spacing between the connection contacts.

A compact disconnect device includes a magnetic arc deflection assembly including at least one set of stacked arc plates and at least one magnet disposed adjacent switchable contacts and establishing a magnetic field across the stacked arc plates. The magnetic arc deflection assembly facilitates reliable connection and disconnection of DC voltage circuitry well above 125 VDC with reduced arcing intensity and duration. The disconnect device may be a compact fusible disconnect switch device having dual sets of switch contacts in the same current path.

An example interruption switch includes a casing surrounding a contact unit, defining a current path through the switch, which has two connection contacts, a separation region and a sabot. A current supplied to the contact unit may be interrupted via the one of the connection contacts and discharged via the other connection contact. At least one chamber in the switch, delimited by the separation region, is substantially filled with a vaporizable medium in contact with the separation region. The separation region is separable into at least two parts through the supplied current when a threshold amperage is exceeded. An electric arc forming between the two parts at least partially vaporizes the vaporizable medium, and a gas pressure to which the sabot is exposed forms. The sabot moves, in the casing, from a starting to an end position, achieving an insulation spacing between the connection contacts.

The present disclosure discloses a direct current breaker based on vacuum magnetic blowout transfer and a breaking method thereof. The direct current breaker includes a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal, a main current branch, a transfer branch, an energy dissipation branch and a blowout unit. The main current branch is connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. During current conduction of the direct current breaker, current flows through the main current branch. The transfer branch is connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal and connected in parallel with the main current branch. The energy dissipation branch is connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal and connected in parallel with the main current branch and the transfer branch. The blowout unit is arranged between the main current branch and the transfer branch.

A fused disconnect switch device includes a housing defining an interior volume, and a current path. An arc interruption assembly is located in the interior volume and includes a shell, and a conductor in electrical communication with the current path. At least one arc plate is located between the magnets and the conductor. The magnets cooperate to generate a magnetic field facilitating an interruption of a first arc between the conductor and the first side of the arc chamber and a second arc between the conductor and the second side of the arc chamber.

Provided herein are protection devices, such as fuses, including a coiled fusible element. In some embodiments, a fuse includes a body including a center portion extending between a first end and a second end, and a first endcap surrounding the first end and a second endcap surrounding the second end. The fuse may further include a fusible element disposed within a central cavity of the body, wherein the fusible element includes a first coil disposed within the first endcap and a second coil disposed within the second endcap. The fusible element further includes a central wire extending diagonally between the first and second coils.

A compact fusible disconnect switch device includes a magnetic arc deflection assembly including pairs of magnets disposed about a mechanical switch contact assembly. The magnetic arc deflection assembly facilitates reliable connection and disconnection of DC circuitry operating at a voltage well above 125 VDC with reduced arcing intensity and duration. The pairs of magnets may apply magnetic fields in directions opposing one another to deflect electrical arcs in different directions at different locations in the mechanical switch contact assembly to facilitate high voltage DC switching operation.