EP0360368A3 - Montage de contact butant à levier pour interrupteur de puissance à basse tension avec des contacts principaux et des contacts d'amorçage d'arc - Google Patents

Montage de contact butant à levier pour interrupteur de puissance à basse tension avec des contacts principaux et des contacts d'amorçage d'arc Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0360368A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: contact; burn; contacts; lever; low
Prior art date: 1988-09-21
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19890250039

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German (de)

English (en)

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EP0360368A2 (fr

EP0360368B1 (fr

Inventor

Clifford A. Buxton

David A. Leone

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Siemens AG

Original Assignee

Siemens AG

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1988-09-21

Filing date

1989-09-19

Publication date

1991-11-21

1989-09-19 Application filed by Siemens AG filed Critical Siemens AG

1990-03-28 Publication of EP0360368A2 publication Critical patent/EP0360368A2/fr

1991-11-21 Publication of EP0360368A3 publication Critical patent/EP0360368A3/fr

1995-04-19 Application granted granted Critical

1995-04-19 Publication of EP0360368B1 publication Critical patent/EP0360368B1/fr

2009-09-19 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
- H01H9/30—Means for extinguishing or preventing arc between current-carrying parts
- H01H9/38—Auxiliary contacts on to which the arc is transferred from the main contacts
- H01H9/383—Arcing contact pivots relative to the movable contact assembly
- 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
- H01H1/22—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with rigid pivoted member carrying the moving contact
- H01H1/221—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with rigid pivoted member carrying the moving contact and a contact pressure spring acting between the pivoted member and a supporting member
- H01H1/226—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with rigid pivoted member carrying the moving contact and a contact pressure spring acting between the pivoted member and a supporting member having a plurality of parallel contact bars

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Arc-Extinguishing Devices That Are Switches (AREA)
Breakers (AREA)
Rotary Switch, Piano Key Switch, And Lever Switch (AREA)
Tumbler Switches (AREA)
Contacts (AREA)

EP89250039A 1988-09-21 1989-09-19 Montage de contact butant à levier pour interrupteur de puissance à basse tension avec des contacts principaux et des contacts d'amorçage d'arc Expired - Lifetime EP0360368B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US247462		1988-09-21
US07/247,462 US4871889A (en)	1988-09-21	1988-09-21	Arcing contact assembly for a circuit breaker

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0360368A2 EP0360368A2 (fr)	1990-03-28
EP0360368A3 true EP0360368A3 (fr)	1991-11-21
EP0360368B1 EP0360368B1 (fr)	1995-04-19

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP89250039A Expired - Lifetime EP0360368B1 (fr)	1988-09-21	1989-09-19	Montage de contact butant à levier pour interrupteur de puissance à basse tension avec des contacts principaux et des contacts d'amorçage d'arc

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4871889A (fr)
EP (1)	EP0360368B1 (fr)
JP (1)	JPH02197032A (fr)
CA (1)	CA1331035C (fr)
DE (1)	DE58909185D1 (fr)
ES (1)	ES2070900T3 (fr)

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US9058939B2 (en)	2011-06-29	2015-06-16	Schneider Electric USA, Inc.	Configuration of an arc runner for a miniature circuit breaker
EP3360149B1 (fr) *	2015-10-08	2020-01-15	ABB Schweiz AG	Dispositif de commutation

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1988
- 1988-09-21 US US07/247,462 patent/US4871889A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1989
- 1989-09-13 JP JP1239746A patent/JPH02197032A/ja active Pending
- 1989-09-19 EP EP89250039A patent/EP0360368B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-09-19 ES ES89250039T patent/ES2070900T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-09-19 DE DE58909185T patent/DE58909185D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1989-09-19 CA CA000611902A patent/CA1331035C/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US2280616A (en) *	1940-10-22	1942-04-21	Gen Electric	Electric circuit breaker
GB1102829A (en) *	1965-10-01	1968-02-14	Square D Co	Contact structure for a power circuit breaker
DE2005742A1 (de) *	1969-04-09	1970-10-15	Bassani S.P.A., Mailand (Italien)	Beweglicher Kontaktträger für elektrische Schalter
US4713504A (en) *	1986-03-03	1987-12-15	Westinghouse Electric Corp.	Circuit breaker with hinged arcing contact

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CA1331035C (fr)	1994-07-26
ES2070900T3 (es)	1995-06-16
US4871889A (en)	1989-10-03
EP0360368A2 (fr)	1990-03-28
JPH02197032A (ja)	1990-08-03
DE58909185D1 (de)	1995-05-24
EP0360368B1 (fr)	1995-04-19

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