EP0737994A1 - Zusammenbau von modulären elektrischen Apparate für Energieverteilung - Google Patents

Zusammenbau von modulären elektrischen Apparate für Energieverteilung Download PDF

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EP0737994A1
EP0737994A1 EP96410024A EP96410024A EP0737994A1 EP 0737994 A1 EP0737994 A1 EP 0737994A1 EP 96410024 A EP96410024 A EP 96410024A EP 96410024 A EP96410024 A EP 96410024A EP 0737994 A1 EP0737994 A1 EP 0737994A1
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Michel Vieux
Jean-Luc Pielawsky
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
    • H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
    • H01H71/1009—Interconnected mechanisms
    • H01H71/1018—Interconnected mechanisms with only external interconnections

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  • the present invention relates generally to an assembly of modular electrical apparatuses usable in distributed distribution.
  • a conventional distributed distribution generally comprises, on the one hand a distribution channel which extends in a rectilinear manner, for example along a wall, and which includes several continuous electrical conductors, parallel and longitudinal, and on the other hand several electrical devices, each of which can be connected to the distribution channel, at any location along this channel.
  • the circuit breaker module and the operator module are designed such that, when they are placed side by side and thus brought together, electrical contacts and / or mechanical connections are established between them at their respective lateral faces.
  • a 5 person arranges side by side more than two modules and if he then wishes to change one of these modules, he must laterally shift all the other modules to one side in order to be able to extract the module to be changed then laterally shift all of these other modules in the opposite direction in order to be able to re-establish the connection. This is undesirable and in some cases may be impossible.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a new assembly of modular electrical devices usable in distributed distribution, with which it is possible to change a modular device without moving the other devices mounted side by side on the same distribution channel.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such an assembly of modular electrical devices in which each modular device has a front face corresponding to a single piece.
  • the assembly also comprises external communication modules, each of which is designed so that it can be mounted on a coupling module itself mounted on one or more operator modules, said module external communication module having a front face which includes an external communication element and being designed so that an external action on said external communication element causes an action on at least one of said mechanical connections of the coupling module in order to thus command at least one said mobile element of the operator module connected to this coupling module.
  • said coupling module includes at least one control rod movable longitudinally and designed so that, when the coupling module is connected to one or more operator modules, the coupling rod is mechanically connected at one of its ends to a said mobile element of an operator module and is mechanically connected at its other end to another said mobile element of another operator module, whence it follows that this control rod constitutes said mechanical connection.
  • the assembly further comprises a connection module which is intended to be interposed between said distribution channel and at least one said operator module, so as to establish electrical connections between longitudinal conductors of said distribution channel and of the electrical contacts of the at least one said operator module.
  • the assembly 1 comprises a plurality of operator modules 2 and at least one coupling module 6.
  • an operator module 2 and a coupling module 6 are shown diagrammatically in the form of dashed outlines illustrating a general parallelepiped shape.
  • the operator modules (in FIG. 1, only one operator module 2 is shown) can be arranged side by side along a conventional distribution channel (not shown) and each is intended to fulfill a determined and present electrical function.
  • the coupling module 6 can be mounted against the front face 3 of one or more operator modules 2 and it is intended to establish mechanical and / or electrical connections between at least one mobile control element 4, 5 belonging to an operator module 2 and at least one mobile control element belonging to another adjacent operator module (not shown).
  • the mobile control elements 4, 5 can be in the form of rods projecting from the front face 3 and which can move in a plane parallel to this front face 3.
  • the mechanical connections between the mobile control elements can be formed by rods 7, 8, 9, 10 supported movably in the coupling module 6.
  • Each rod 7 to 10 can comprise an end 11, 12 provided with a hole intended to receive one of the rods 4, 5 of a movable control element 4, 5.
  • each rod 7 to 10 may include another end 13, 14, 15, 16 provided a notch intended to come to push on one of the rods 4, 5 of another mobile control element 4, 5.
  • the mechanical connections can be supplemented by electrical connections established using conductive lines (not shown) fixedly supported in the coupling module 6 and whose ends come in electrical contact with corresponding studs (not shown) mounted on the operator modules 2.
  • the assembly 1 according to the invention can also be supplemented by external communication modules 17 each of which 17 is designed so that it can be mounted on a coupling module 6 itself mounted on one or more operator modules 2, said external communication module 17 having a front face 18 which includes an external communication element 19 and being designed so that an external action on said external communication element 19 causes an action on at least one of the mechanical connections 7, 8 , 9, 10 of the coupling module 6 or on at least one of the mobile control elements 4, 5 of the operator module 2, in order to thus control at least one mobile element 4, 5 of the operator module 2 connected to this module coupling 6.
  • the external communication element 19 can for example constitute a manual on / off control button, an indicator light, etc.
  • the external communication module does not include a mechanical element connected to a mechanical connection 7 to 10 but it includes electrical conductors (not shown) which come into electrical contact with corresponding studs (not shown) provided on the coupling module 6 or on the operator module 2.
  • the external communication module comprises both a mechanical element 19 connected to a mechanical connection 7 to 10 and electrical conductors (not shown) which come into electrical contact with corresponding studs (not shown) provided on the coupling module 6 or on the operator module 2.
  • connection module 20 which is intended to be interposed between the distribution channel (not shown) and at least one operator module 2, so as to establish electrical connections 21 , 22 between longitudinal conductors of the distribution channel and electrical contacts (not shown) of the operator module 2.
  • each operator module 2 can be designed so that its front face 3 is oriented horizontally when the operator module 2 is connected to the distribution channel (not shown).
  • each operator module 2 can be designed so that its front face 3 is oriented vertically when the operator module 2 is connected to the distribution channel (not shown).
  • each operator module 2 can also be designed so as to apply horizontally against the distribution channel when it is connected to it.
  • each operator module 2 can also be designed so as to apply vertically against the distribution channel when it is connected to it.
  • the assembly 1 may include a first group of operator modules 25 each of which constitutes a circuit breaker 25 and a second group of operator modules 26, 27, 28 each of which can optionally constitute a circuit breaker (26 in Figure 2 or 5), a differential protection unit (27 in Figure 3 or 6), a remote control (28 in Figure 4 or 7), a circuit breaker control by emission of current (not shown), a command for tripping for lack of voltage (not shown) or any other electrical auxiliary (not shown).
  • a person who has the assembly according to the present invention can, for example, constitute an electrical apparatus consisting of a circuit breaker 25 and another circuit breaker 26.
  • a coupling module 6 comprising a first rod 7a provided at its two ends with holes through which are threaded respectively a rod 4a, 4b serving as operating elements of the two circuit breakers 25 and 26 and another rod 7b provided with its two ends of holes through which are threaded respectively a rod 5a, 5b serving as a trigger for the two circuit breakers 25 and 26.
  • the assembly thus formed performs the function of a two-pole circuit breaker or a circuit breaker for two tracks.
  • the two circuit breakers 25 and 26 trip at the same time.
  • An action to reset one of the circuit breakers causes the two circuit breakers to be reset at the same time. It is of course possible to envisage thus coupling more than two circuit breakers, for example three or four. In these latter cases, the command 6 is longer so as to cover and interconnect the three or four circuit breakers simultaneously.
  • a person who has the assembly according to the present invention can for example constitute an electrical apparatus comprising a circuit breaker 25 and a differential protection block 27.
  • the two rods of operation 4, 4 ' are similarly connected by a rod 7a while another rod 8a is connected via a hole to the movable control element 5a which constitutes the trip device of the circuit breaker 25 and to another movable element control element 5b of the block 27.
  • the other control element 5b is not connected by being threaded through a hole in the rod 8a but simply comes to rest on the end of this rod 8a so that it can actuate the rod 8a only in one direction (in the direction of the thrust).
  • FIGS. 4 and 7 it can be seen that a person who has the assembly according to the present invention can, for example, constitute yet another electrical apparatus comprising a circuit breaker 25 and a remote control 28.
  • a single rod 7a which is connected to a rod 4a serving as an operating element for the circuit breaker 25 and to another rod 4b serving as an operating or controlling element for the remote control 28.
  • the coupling module 6 is specific to the association of the two electrical devices that this coupling module must couple together.

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EP19960410024 1995-04-13 1996-03-19 Zusammenbau von modulären elektrischen Apparaten für Energieverteilung Expired - Lifetime EP0737994B1 (de)

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FR9504678 1995-04-13
FR9504678A FR2733092B1 (fr) 1995-04-13 1995-04-13 Assemblage d'appareils electriques modulaires utilisables en distribution repartie

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EP3125266A1 (de) * 2015-07-29 2017-02-01 Carling Technologies Inc. Zweipoliger schalter mit tandemanordnung

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US3319020A (en) * 1966-05-23 1967-05-09 Ite Circuit Breaker Ltd Handle interlock for electrical switching devices
EP0591904A1 (de) * 1992-10-08 1994-04-13 ABBPATENT GmbH Elektrisches Schaltgerät

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US2904649A (en) * 1957-08-22 1959-09-15 Cutler Hammer Inc Mechanical interlock for circuit breakers
US3319020A (en) * 1966-05-23 1967-05-09 Ite Circuit Breaker Ltd Handle interlock for electrical switching devices
EP0591904A1 (de) * 1992-10-08 1994-04-13 ABBPATENT GmbH Elektrisches Schaltgerät

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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AU706793B2 (en) * 1996-12-31 1999-06-24 Lg Industrial Systems Co. Ltd. Separable circuit breaker
EP3125266A1 (de) * 2015-07-29 2017-02-01 Carling Technologies Inc. Zweipoliger schalter mit tandemanordnung
US9761387B2 (en) 2015-07-29 2017-09-12 Carling Technologies, Inc. Double pole breaker with tandem arrangement

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DE69609235D1 (de) 2000-08-17
DK0737994T3 (da) 2000-11-06
CN1054476C (zh) 2000-07-12
EP0737994B1 (de) 2000-07-12
FR2733092B1 (fr) 1997-06-06

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