WO2001067473A2 - Contact depression stabilizer for 4 pole molded case circuit breaker - Google Patents
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- WO2001067473A2 WO2001067473A2 PCT/US2001/006630 US0106630W WO0167473A2 WO 2001067473 A2 WO2001067473 A2 WO 2001067473A2 US 0106630 W US0106630 W US 0106630W WO 0167473 A2 WO0167473 A2 WO 0167473A2
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- circuit breaker
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- molded case
- support rod
- drive rod
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H1/00—Contacts
- H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
- H01H1/14—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting
- H01H1/20—Bridging contacts
- H01H1/2041—Rotating bridge
- H01H1/2058—Rotating bridge being assembled in a cassette, which can be placed as a complete unit into a circuit breaker
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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
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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
- H01H2071/1036—Interconnected mechanisms having provisions for four or more poles
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H73/00—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches in which excess current opens the contacts by automatic release of mechanical energy stored by previous operation of a hand reset mechanism
- H01H73/02—Details
- H01H73/04—Contacts
- H01H73/045—Bridging contacts
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- the present invention is directed to a clamping apparatus for locking together rods connecting rotary contact arms in a multi-pole molded case circuit breaker.
- circuit breaker cassettes in a multi-pole molded case circuit breaker are preferably connected together with two rods interfacing a rotary contact arm in each circuit breaker cassette.
- the operating mechanism is positioned upon a cassette located symmetrically between two of the circuit breaker cassettes. Stated alternatively, if the three cassettes of a three cassette circuit breaker are counted from left to right the operating mechanism is located on the second cassette. It is known to be desirable for circuit W
- breakers having multiple cassettes therein that all of the cassettes trip as closely in time to one another as possible.
- the rods transmit the rotational movement within one of the cassettes, due to a trip, into an impetus for the other cassettes to also trip.
- the first and third cassettes will change position almost immediately upon change of position of the second cassette. It is also the case that any two of the cassettes will react rapidly to any one of the cassettes experiencing a trip event.
- the outer cassette may not react to movement of the operating mechanism as rapidly as would a cassette located closer to the operating mechanism. Since movement of the outer cassette as rapidly as possible is desirable, the art has sought means to speed the movement of the outer cassette.
- Four pole circuit breaker solutions have been attempted including the provision of additional assist mechanisms added to the outer cassette, or a wide operating mechanism which is symmetrically positioned about the rotary contact assemblies. While these alternatives do speed movement of the outer cassette they also increase manufacturing cost. Therefore, the art continues to seek a reliable and inexpensive arrangement to eliminate relative movement between the rods and speed the movement ofan outer cassette in an asymmetrically positioned four pole molded case circuit breaker.
- movement of contacts within individual cassettes of a multipole circuit breaker occasioned by a trip event or operation of the operating mechanism thereof is reliably and inexpensively effected by the addition of a clamp upon the drive rod and support rod of the breaker for example between the third and fourth cassettes of the breaker.
- the clamp preferably includes surface features conducive to receiving and arresting the drive rod and the support rod relative to each other.
- the clamp may be of a single piece of material such as metal or plastic with material removed therefrom to receive the rods or may be of more than one piece wherein the separate pieces are attachable by various means with the desired result being that relative movement between the rods is minimized.
- Figure 1 is a top perspective view of a molded case circuit breaker
- Figure 2 is a perspective exploded view of a molded case circuit breaker
- Figure 3 is a perspective exploded view of the stabilizer clamp and the drive rod and the support rod;
- Figure 4 is a perspective view of stabilizer clamp assembled on the drive rod and the support rod;
- Figure 5 is a perspective exploded view ofan alternate embodiment of the clamp of the invention.
- Figure 6 is a perspective view of the alternate clamp assembled on the drive rod and the support rod.
- Molded case circuit breaker 2 is generally interconnected within a protected circuit between multiple phases of a power source (not shown) at line end 6 and a load to be protected (not shown) at load end 8.
- Molded case circuit breaker 2 includes a base 10, a mid cover 12, and an accessory cover 14 having an operating handle 16 interconnected with the circuit breaker operating mechanism 4 passing through an escutcheon 18.
- An accessory 20 such as an electronic trip actuator, a shunt trip actuator, an under voltage actuator, bell alarm or other type of accessory unit, is generally positioned within mid cover 12 and interfaces with operating mechanism 4.
- An accessory 20 such as an electronic trip actuator, a shunt trip actuator, an under voltage actuator, bell alarm or other type of accessory unit, is generally positioned within mid cover 12 and interfaces with operating mechanism 4.
- Enclosed within the base 10 and mid cover 12 are four circuit breaker cassettes, namely, a first circuit breaker cassette 22, a second circuit breaker cassette 24, a third circuit breaker cassette 26, and a fourth circuit breaker cassette 28.
- Each circuit breaker cassette is generally well known and may be, for example, of the rotary type.
- the circuit breaker illustrated (four pole) is configured to allow delivery of four phase current to the load (not shown) wherein each phase passes through one of the circuit breaker cassettes.
- Each circuit breaker cassette includes a rotary contact arm therein for passage of current when the rotary contact arm is closed and for preventing passage of current when the contact arm is opened. It is contemplated that the number of phases, or specific type of cassette utilized, can vary according to factors including, but not limited to, the type of load circuit being protected and the type of line input being provided to the circuit breaker.
- Circuit breaker cassettes are assembled within the base 10 with the first circuit breaker cassette 22 positioned at one end of the base 10 (left in Figure 2), and the fourth circuit breaker cassette 28 at the other end of the base 10 (right in Figure 2), with the second circuit breaker cassette 24 and the third circuit breaker cassette 26 positioned in between.
- the second circuit breaker cassette 24 is straddled by the operating mechanism 4.
- the operating mechanism 4 is actuated by the operating handle 16 to control the "ON" and "OFF" positions of a rotary contact arm (not shown) within the second circuit breaker cassette 24.
- the operating mechanism 4 is depicted as generally including, among other things, the operating handle 16, a latch 32 and additional linkages to allow interaction between the operating mechanism 4 and the second circuit breaker cassette 24.
- Various linkages and mechanism springs (not necessarily shown but known to the art) move the rotary contact arms in the circuit breaker cassette. Movement of the rotary contact arm in cassette 24 is transmitted to rotary contact arms in cassettes 22, 26 and 28 by a drive rod 34. The movement may be non-current related by manually or mechanically urging operating handle 16, or the accessory 20 may trigger the movement due to a current related anomaly in the circuit.
- the rotary contact arm within the first circuit breaker cassette 22, on one side of the operating mechanism 4, and the rotary contact arm within the third and fourth circuit breaker cassettes 26, 28, on the opposite side of the operating mechanism 4, are connected together with the drive rod 34 and the support rod 36 and move in unison based upon either a current-caused trip condition or a manually- caused condition providing a complete multi-pole circuit interruption.
- a stabilizer clamp 38 reduces the relative movement between the drive rod 34 and the support rod 36 and thereby allows the rods to deliver maximum torque to the rotary contact arm of cassette 28.
- the stabilizer clamp 38 is preferably positioned on a portion of the drive rod 34 and support rod 36 extending between the third circuit breaker cassette 26 and the fourth circuit breaker cassette 28.
- a drive rod 34, support rod 36 and clamp 38 are illustrated apart from other components of the circuit breaker and in an exploded condition.
- One embodiment of the stabilizer clamp 38 (as illustrated) is preferably constructed from a single piece of material (body 39).
- the material may be of any type capable of providing stability to the two rods. Preferred materials include but are not limited to metal and plastic.
- openings 40 are formed in the clamp, which openings 40 are dimensioned to conform to the shape of the drive rod 34 and the support rod 36.
- the drive rod 34 is positioned, when the clamp is in position in a circuit breaker, through one opening 40 and the support rod 36 is positioned through the other opening 40.
- the rods are affixed in the desired position to the clamp which can be effected in several ways although a prefened anangement is to provide stabilizer clamp 38 with a slot 44 extending from one opening 40 to the other opening 40.
- the slot 44 and openings 40 tend to bifurcate a top portion 48 and a bottom portion 50 of clamp 38 which allows for some resilient movement between the top portion 48 and the bottom portion 50.
- top portion 48 toward bottom portion 50 openings 40 are affected.
- the affect is to reduce the dimension measured from top portion 48 to bottom portion 50. Reducing this dimension in each of openings 40 causes the rods to be pinched by the clamp within each opening. The pinching action, when orchestrated to a sufficient degree will reliably return the rods and reduce relative movement therebetween.
- one prefened tightening means is a screw 46.
- the screw is passed through the top portion 48 via a clearance opening 49 and threaded into the bottom portion 50 via threaded opening 51.
- Tightening screw 46 urges the top portion 48 and bottom portion 50 together and allows the openings 40 to embrace the rods tightly as stated above thereby locking them together.
- the stabilizer clamp 38 is illustrated as mounted on the drive rod 34 and the support rod 36 locking the rods together to prevent relative movement therebetween and reduce the torque loss that would otherwise be caused by relative movement between the rods.
- Figures 5 and 6 illustrate an exploded and assembled view, respectively, of an alternate clamp of the invention with respect to the drive and support rods.
- Figures 5 and 6 conespond in other respects to Figures 3 and 4.
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EP01911216A EP1206783A2 (en) | 2000-03-03 | 2001-03-01 | Contact depression stabilizer for 4 pole molded case circuit breaker |
MXPA01011074A MXPA01011074A (en) | 2000-03-03 | 2001-03-01 | Contact depression stabilizer for 4 pole molded case circuit breaker. |
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US51793400A | 2000-03-03 | 2000-03-03 | |
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WO2001067473A2 true WO2001067473A2 (en) | 2001-09-13 |
WO2001067473A3 WO2001067473A3 (en) | 2002-03-21 |
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PCT/US2001/006630 WO2001067473A2 (en) | 2000-03-03 | 2001-03-01 | Contact depression stabilizer for 4 pole molded case circuit breaker |
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EP (1) | EP1206783A2 (en) |
CN (1) | CN1364302A (en) |
MX (1) | MXPA01011074A (en) |
PL (1) | PL351089A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2001067473A2 (en) |
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- 2001-03-01 CN CN 01800414 patent/CN1364302A/en active Pending
- 2001-03-01 EP EP01911216A patent/EP1206783A2/en not_active Withdrawn
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DE102006045196B4 (en) * | 2005-10-05 | 2018-05-09 | Ls Industrial Systems Co., Ltd. | Multi-pole circuit breaker and device for preventing deformation of the drive shaft thereof |
DE102009033541A1 (en) * | 2009-07-14 | 2011-01-20 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Multipolar electrical switch, particularly fuse-switch for use in switch box, e.g. busbar trunking tap-unit, has multiple switching modules which are modularly assembled |
EP2330610A1 (en) * | 2009-12-04 | 2011-06-08 | LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd | Rotation pin correction mechanism for four poles mold cased circuit breaker |
US8558126B2 (en) | 2009-12-04 | 2013-10-15 | Ls Industrial System Co., Ltd. | Rotation pin correction mechanism for four poles mold cased circuit breaker |
US10276336B2 (en) | 2015-03-06 | 2019-04-30 | Abb Schweiz Ag | Circuit breaker assembly including a circuit breaker connector |
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EP1206783A2 (en) | 2002-05-22 |
PL351089A1 (en) | 2003-03-24 |
CN1364302A (en) | 2002-08-14 |
WO2001067473A3 (en) | 2002-03-21 |
MXPA01011074A (en) | 2002-06-04 |
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