IP Library Granted Patent US 11,769,611
Granted Patent B2
US 11,769,611 · App. 16/964,328 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Sealing arrangement for a bushing and a bushing with such a sealing arrangement

Inventors: Claes Peter Sjöberg (Ludvika, SE); Natalia Gutman (Ludvika, SE); Danan Yao (Hefei, CN); Peirong Cai (Hefei, CN)
Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
H01B17/301H01F27/04
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Patent No.
US 11,769,611
App. No.
16/964,328
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sealing arrangement of a bushing for a power electrical device and a bushing comprising the sealing arrangement. The sealing arrangement includes a top cover; a central conductor going through the top cover; a guide element having a cylinder portion and a flange portion extended from a middle part of the cylinder portion, wherein the cylinder portion is arranged between the top cover and the central conductor, and the flange portion is connected onto the top cover; a static sealing structure provided between the guide element and the top cover; and a dynamic sealing structure provided between the guide element and the central conductor. With the new sealing structure design, it could provide a good sealing performance so that the bushing can be used in various environments.

Claims (22)

1. A sealing arrangement of a bushing for a power electrical device, comprising:

a top cover;

a central conductor going through the top cover;

a guide element having a cylinder portion and a flange portion extended from a middle part of the cylinder portion, wherein the cylinder portion is arranged between the top cover and the central conductor and the flange portion is connected onto the top cover;

a static sealing structure provided between the guide element and the top cover; and

a dynamic sealing structure provided between the guide element and the central conductor, wherein the dynamic sealing structure comprises two dynamic sealing O-rings between the guide element and the central conductor and a wear ring arranged between the two dynamic sealing O-rings.

2. The sealing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein each of the two dynamic sealing O-rings is made of fluorine silicone rubber.

3. The sealing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the wear ring is made of poly tetra fluoroethylene.

4. The sealing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic sealing structure further comprises a wiper ring arranged between the guide element and the central conductor at an upper portion of the guide element.

5. The sealing arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the wiper ring is made of polyurethane.

6. The sealing arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising a protective cap covering a top portion of the guide element to protect the sealing arrangement from an external environment and wherein the central conductor goes through the protective cap.

7. The sealing arrangement of claim 6 , further comprising a further O-ring arranged between the protective cap and the central conductor.

8. The sealing arrangement of claim 7 , wherein the further O-ring is made of chloroprene rubber (CR).

9. The sealing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the central conductor has a chrome-plating surface.

10. The sealing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the guide element has an anodic oxidation surface.

11. The sealing arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the static sealing element comprises a static sealing O-ring and a gasket arranged between the guide element and the top cover, and wherein one or both of the static sealing O-ring and the gasket is made of nitrile butadiene rubber.

12. A bushing for a power electrical device comprising a sealing arrangement for the bushing according to claim 1 .

13. The bushing for a power electrical device of claim 12 , wherein the bushing is a transformer bushing.

14. The bushing for a power electrical device of claim 13 , wherein the transformer bushing is an oil-immersed paper transformer bushing.

15. The bushing for a power electrical device of claim 12 , wherein the bushing is a wall bushing.

16. The bushing for a power electrical device of claim 12 , wherein the bushing is a dry-type bushing.

17. The bushing for a power electrical device of claim 12 , wherein the bushing is a liquid filled bushing.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058601/0692 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2020
From: SJOBERG, CLAES PETER; GUTMAN, NATALIA; YAO, DANAN; CAI, PEIRONG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 053950/0619 →