IP Library Granted Patent US 12706257
Granted Patent B2
US 12706257 · App. 18/691,699 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Electrical switching arrangement

Inventor: Kenan Askan (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
H01H9/542H01H33/596H01H2009/544
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Patent No.
US 12706257
App. No.
18/691,699
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical switching arrangement comprising a first conductor path and a second conductor path, whereby the second conductor path is connected in parallel to the first conductor path, a first switch which is arranged in the first conductor path, a second switch which is arranged in the second conductor path, it is suggested, that at least a first semiconductor device is arranged in the second conductor path, and that the first semiconductor device is located in series to the second switch.

Claims (17)

1 . A hybrid circuit breaker comprising a hybrid switching device and an electrical switching arrangement arranged in series, the hybrid switching device comprising a mechanical switch and a transistor arrangement arranged in parallel to the mechanical switch, and the electrical switching arrangement comprising:

a first conductor path and a second conductor path, wherein the second conductor path is connected in parallel to the first conductor path;

a first switch which is arranged in the first conductor path;

a second switch which is arranged in the second conductor path; and

at least a first semiconductor device which is arranged in the second conductor path, and

wherein the first semiconductor device is arranged in series to the second switch.

2 . The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein at least a second semiconductor device is arranged in the second conductor path, and wherein the second semiconductor device is in series with the second switch and the first semiconductor device.

3 . The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 2 , wherein, the first semiconductor device is a first diode.

4 . The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 3 , wherein the second semiconductor device is a second diode, and the second diode is located in the same forward direction as the first diode.

5 . The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 4 , wherein at least a fourth diode and a fifth diode are located in anti-parallel to the series arrangement of the first diode and the second diode, and wherein the fifth diode is in series with the fourth diode.

6 . The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 2 , wherein the first semiconductor device is a first transistor arrangement.

7 . The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 6 , wherein the second semiconductor device is a second transistor arrangement, and the second transistor arrangement is located in another forward direction as the first transistor arrangement.

8 . The hybrid circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein at least a first fuse is arranged in the second conductor path, and the first fuse is located in series to the second switch.

9 . The hybrid circuit breaker comprising at least a first line conductor path, wherein a first mechanical separator is arranged in the first line conductor path, wherein the first mechanical separator is the electrical switching arrangement according to claim 1 .

10 . A method for operating a hybrid circuit breaker, the hybrid circuit breaker comprising a hybrid switching device and an electrical switching arrangement arranged in series, the hybrid switching device comprising a mechanical switch and a transistor arrangement arranged in parallel to the mechanical switch, and the electrical switching arrangement comprising: a first conductor path and a second conductor path, wherein the second conductor path is connected in parallel to the first conductor path; a first switch which is arranged in the first conductor path; a second switch which is arranged in the second conductor path; and at least a first semiconductor device arranged in the second conductor path, wherein the first semiconductor device is arranged in series to the second switch, the method comprising:

in normal operation, having the first switch and the second switch in switched-on-positions.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , the method further comprising, in a switching off proceeding, the first switch is switched-off, and a predefined time after switching-off the first switch, the second switch is switched-off.