US3128418A - Magnetically latched switch operator - Google Patents

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US3128418A
US3128418A US42678A US4267860A US3128418A US 3128418 A US3128418 A US 3128418A US 42678 A US42678 A US 42678A US 4267860 A US4267860 A US 4267860A US 3128418 A US3128418 A US 3128418A
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
    • C21D1/18—Hardening; Quenching with or without subsequent tempering
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F1/00—Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties
    • H01F1/01—Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials
    • H01F1/03—Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity
    • H01F1/12—Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of soft-magnetic materials
    • H01F1/14—Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials therefor; Selection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of soft-magnetic materials metals or alloys
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H51/00—Electromagnetic relays
    • H01H51/01—Relays in which the armature is maintained in one position by a permanent magnet and freed by energisation of a coil producing an opposing magnetic field
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
    • C21D8/12—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of articles with special electromagnetic properties
    • C21D8/1244—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of articles with special electromagnetic properties the heat treatment(s) being of interest

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  • a material that is magnetically hard for example, high carbon permanent magnet material, has high retentivity but requires a relatively large force to magnetize it.
  • a soft magnetic material for example, annealed low carbon steel, is easy to magnetize but has very little ability to retain its magnetism.
  • An object of the present invention is to improve switch operating electromagnets by retaining good operating capability and, at the same time, increasing their magnetic latching ability.
  • a more specific object is to facilitate the operation of magnetically latchable electromagnetic switches by improving the magnetic properties of the core material.
  • a feature of this invention resides in an electromagnetic switch having high holding power at no current coupled with adequate force for a moderate expenditure of power during operation. More particularly, the noted feature involves an electromagnetic switch having a core with high magnetic retentivity and relatively high permeability.
  • An exemplary embodiment of this invention comprises a latching switch having a magnetic core, a coil for energizing the core, an armature to be attracted by the coilenergized core and held in attracted position by the residual magnetism of the core when the coil energization ceases.
  • the core has a high magnetic retentivity and high permeability with a coercive force (H,,) of 23.5 oersteds and a residual flux density or induction (13,) of 13,300 gausses for an applied magnetic force (H or 143 oersteds, and a saturation induction (B of 16,300 gausses, the maximum permeability (u being 320. Allowable deviations from the magnetic characteristics of this exemplary embodiment will be considered in the ensuing description of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view, partly in section, of a switch operator illustrative of a device incorporating this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plot showing an initial magnetization curve and a hysteresis loop of a core material particularly suitable for the purposes of this invention.
  • the switch operator comprise a frame 11 to which is secured a core 12 and an operating coil 13.
  • An armature 14 pivoted to the frame 11 includes a contact operating portion 15 for deflecting a multiplicity of contacts represented diagrammatically at 16.
  • a portion of the frame 11 and of the armature 14 are shown in section to indicate that there is an extension of the armature and the cooperating portion of the frame for the operation of other contacts or groups of 3,128,418 Patented Apr. 7, 1964 contacts; for example, the magnets for vertical row operation in a cross-bar switch as in Patent 2,021,329 to J. N. Reynolds, issued November 19, 1935.
  • the core 12 has a rounded end 17 facing the armature 14.
  • This end may comprise a spherical surface having a suitable radius.
  • the area of the armature-pole face contact will be substantially constant and yield a stronger concentration of flux and thereby a stronger latching force, notwithstanding slight tilting of the armature or longitudinal displacement of the core.
  • a 3.5 inch core of 0.375 inch diameter advantageously would have a spherical end surface of a radius between 7 and 9 inches.
  • the ability of the switch operator of this invention to hold the armature in the absence of applied power and also to pick it up at moderate power lies in the novel magnetic characteristics of the core.
  • a core having the magnetic characteristics previously noted for an exemplary embodiment may be made by a proper selection of high carbon steel and correct heat treatments of such steel.
  • a suitable steel is 1.2% carbon tool steel which may typically contain 1.2% carbon, 0.3% manganese, 0.22% silicon, 0.10% vanadium, 0.025% sulfur and phosphorus, and the remainder iron.
  • Such a steel heated at 1475 F.i25 F. for 30 minutes, quenched in water, and then reheated for 30 minutes at from 850 F. to 950 F., and cooled in air has particularly advantageous magnetic properties. It may be noted here that satisfactory magnetic properties may be obtained with properly heat treated steels having lower or higher carbon content, with or without other alloying elements which are known to promote the hardening process.
  • a desirable way to designate a suitable core steel is to use the hardness indications.
  • Those of the Rockwell 30-N scale are quite suitable. Using this scale, investigations of steel and heat treatments to produce hardness in a range of about 35 to were used to find a suitable material. It was found that if the hardness was within the range 54 to 64 on the noted 30-N scale, both the residual induction B and the coercive force H were particularly satisfactory. The results were outstandingly good with the material having a hardness designated as 60. Because the effectiveness of the heat treatment, particularly the quenching stage, is a function of the size of the bore piece, the hardness number was found to be a more satisfactory indication of the desired magnetic properties than the designation of a specific heat treatment. In other words, the heat treatment should, within the suitable range, be tailored to the size of the piece under treatment to result in a Rockwell 30-N hardness between 54 and 64.
  • FIG. 2 A hysteresis curve of the magnetic characteristics of the noted 60 hardness material is shown in FIG. 2.
  • the data for this plot was taken after the application of a maximum magnetizing force H of 143 oersteds, which gave a saturation induction B of 16,300 gausses.
  • H the residual induction B
  • H the magnetizing force
  • H the magnetizing force
  • the maximum permeability (,u is 320 for this material and treatment.
  • the same steel, heat treated to have a Rockwell hardness number of 35 has under like circumstances of test a B of about 10,000 gausses, an H of about 9 oersteds, and a ,u of about 500.
  • the same steel with a hardness number of 81 has a B of about 7,500 gausses, an H of about 44 oersteds, and a ,u of 113.
  • a magnetically latcliable Switch Operator comprising a magnetic core of about 1% carbon steel, a coil for ener izing the core, an armature associated with the core and for controlling contacts, said core having a Rockwell 30-N scale hardness of 54 to 64, and a high retentivity coupled with a high permeability, the coercive force of the core being from 20 to 27 oerst'eds and the residual flux density from 10,000 to 13,500 gausses based on an applied magnetizing force of at least 70 oersteds.
  • An electromagnetic operator for switch means comprising a core of magnetic material, a coil for energizing the core, and an armature associated with the core for actuation thereby, said core material comprising a relatively hard steel containing 1.2% carbon and heat treated induction of 13,300 gausses due to an applied magnetizing force of 143 oersteds resulting in a saturation induction of 16,300 gausses.

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US42678A US3128418A (en) 1960-07-13 1960-07-13 Magnetically latched switch operator
FR865357A FR1292616A (fr) 1960-07-13 1961-06-19 Contacteur à collage magnétique
GB22629/61A GB928119A (en) 1960-07-13 1961-06-22 Improvements in or relating to electromagnetic switches retained set by remanent magnetism
DEW30260A DE1224051B (de) 1960-07-13 1961-06-29 Verwendung eines Kohlenstoffstahles als Werkstoff fuer den Magnetkern elektromagnetisch verrasteter Schalter
BE605899A BE605899A (fr) 1960-07-13 1961-07-07 Commutateurs à verrouillage actionnés électromagnétiquement

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US3364449A (en) * 1963-12-18 1968-01-16 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Magnetically actuated switching devices
US3486138A (en) * 1965-04-30 1969-12-23 Modern Precision Eng Finchley Electromagnetic switches utilizing remanent magnetic material
FR2371766A1 (fr) * 1976-11-23 1978-06-16 Metalimphy Relais polarise
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US2735967A (en) * 1956-02-21 Electromagnetic relays
US2397116A (en) * 1944-08-15 1946-03-26 Westinghouse Electric Corp Control system
US2935656A (en) * 1956-05-15 1960-05-03 Gen Dynamics Corp Annunciator device
US2885606A (en) * 1956-10-19 1959-05-05 Warner W Clements Impulse type electromotive device
US2894181A (en) * 1957-03-08 1959-07-07 Internat Typographical Union O Electromechanical device and improved armature therefor
US2932704A (en) * 1958-03-18 1960-04-12 Cutler Hammer Inc Electromagnetic device
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US3271707A (en) * 1963-11-15 1966-09-06 Chauvin Arnoux Et Cie Soc Electromagnetic relay of the bistable type
US3364449A (en) * 1963-12-18 1968-01-16 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Magnetically actuated switching devices
US3486138A (en) * 1965-04-30 1969-12-23 Modern Precision Eng Finchley Electromagnetic switches utilizing remanent magnetic material
FR2371766A1 (fr) * 1976-11-23 1978-06-16 Metalimphy Relais polarise
EP0974997A2 (de) * 1998-07-21 2000-01-26 Eaton Corporation Fehlerstromtoleranter Schütz
EP0974997A3 (de) * 1998-07-21 2000-08-16 Eaton Corporation Fehlerstromtoleranter Schütz
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