IP Library Granted Patent US 8,035,329
Granted Patent B2
US 8,035,329 · App. 10/568,751 · Granted Oct 11, 2011

Apparatus for actuating an electrical switching device

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Patent No.
US 8,035,329
App. No.
10/568,751
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a device for actuating an electrical switchgear comprising at least one mobile contact point driven by a rotary shaft. According to the invention, an electric motor comprising a rotating drive shaft can be coupled to the rotary shaft by means of a transmission, in order to drive the same.

Claims (25)

1. An actuating apparatus comprising:

an electrical switching device high-voltage power breaker having at least one moving contact piece, the at least one moving contact piece being driven via a rotating shaft that rotates about a first axis;

an electric motor having a rotating drive shaft that rotates about a second axis, which is coupled to the rotating shaft of the switching device through a gear mechanism, wherein the drive shaft of the electric motor drives the rotating shaft to switch the switching device high-voltage power breaker on and off,

wherein the first axis of the drive shaft runs parallel to the second axis of the rotating shaft in a common horizontal plane, and

wherein the gear mechanism is a lever mechanism connected to the rotating shaft and the drive shaft.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the case of multi-pole, switching devices, an electric motor is provided for the purpose of driving all of the switch poles.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the gear mechanism is in the form of a toothed belt drive.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the toothed belt drive has a transmission ratio of 1:1 to 1:6.

5. A switching device having at least one apparatus for actuating purposes as claimed in claim 4 .

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the toothed belt drive has a transmission ratio of 1:3.5.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the case of multi-pole, switching devices, a separate electric motor is provided for the purpose of driving each switch pole.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first axis of the drive shaft runs parallel to the second axis of the rotating shaft.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electric motor is a servomotor.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lever mechanism is dimensioned such that a rotation of the drive shaft of the electric motor through at most 180° brings about a switching operation of the switching device.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an intermediate piece, configured as a circular disk, is fixed to the drive shaft of the electric motor, and wherein an end of a connecting rod which faces the drive shaft is connected to said intermediate piece at one of at least two distances from the first axis of the drive shaft.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gear mechanism is in the form of a toothed belt drive.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the toothed belt drive has a transmission ratio of 1:1 to 1:6.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the toothed belt drive has a transmission ratio of 1:3.5.

15. A switching device having at least one apparatus for actuating purposes as claimed in claim 1 .

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electric motor is a servomotor.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the gear mechanism is a lever mechanism.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the lever mechanism is dimensioned such that a rotation of the drive shaft of the electric motor through at most 180° brings about a switching operation of the switching device.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18 , wherein an intermediate piece configured as a circular disk, is fixed to the drive shaft of the electric motor, and wherein an end of a connecting rod which faces the drive shaft is connected to said intermediate piece at one of at least two distances from the first axis of the drive shaft.

20. A switching device having at least one apparatus for actuating purposes as claimed in claim 19 .

21. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lever mechanism has one end fixed to the drive shaft of the electric motor and another end fixed to the rotating shaft of the switching device.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY"ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD" SHOULD READ "ABB TECHNOLOGY AG" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040800 FRAME: 0327. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded May 11, 2022
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 059928/0069 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058666/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 052916/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 15, 2016
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 040800/0327 →