IP Library Granted Patent US 11,651,909
Granted Patent B2
US 11,651,909 · App. 17/404,287 · Granted May 16, 2023

Spring drive cam for a spring drive of a circuit breaker

Inventors: Jakub Korbel (Baden, CH); Matt Cuppett (Uniontown, PA); Brian Christopher (Smithfield, PA); Richard Thomas (Borlänge, SE); Sami Kotilainen (Niederrohrdorf, CH); Staffan Jacobsson (Grangärde, SE); Benny Wedin (Grängesberg, SE); Francesco Agostini (Zürich, CH)
Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
H01H3/38H01H2235/01
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Patent No.
US 11,651,909
App. No.
17/404,287
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a spring drive cam for a spring drive of a circuit breaker including a disc-like shape configured for rotating around a rotation axis in the spring drive, whereby the disc-like shape comprises a radius (R) that changes depending on an angle (α) of the radius (R) relative to a base angle (α 0 ), and whereby a rate (dR/dα) defined by a change of the radius (R) per change of the angle (α) is ≤0.3 mm/°.

Claims (14)

1. A spring drive cam for a spring drive of a circuit breaker comprising a flat cam profile configured to rotate around a rotation axis in the spring drive, wherein the flat cam profile comprises a radius (R) being the distance between a point of the cam profile and its axis of rotation that changes depending on an angle (α) of rotation relative to a base angle (α0) in an initial position of the cam, and a rate (dR/dα) defined by a change of the radius (R) per change of the angle (α) is ≤0.3 mm/° for the radius (R)≥82 mm and ≤125 mm and the angle (a)≥95° and ≤210°, and wherein the spring drive cam is attached to a closing spring.

2. The spring drive cam according to claim 1 , wherein the rate (dR/dα) is <0.28 mm/°, 0.28 mm/° and/or constant.

3. The spring drive cam according to claim 1 , wherein, for the rate (dR/dα)≤0.28 mm/°, the radius (R) is ≥92 mm and ≤115 mm.

4. The spring drive cam according to claim 1 , wherein, for the rate (dR/dα)≤0.28 mm/°, the angle (α) is ≥105° and ≤200°.

5. The spring drive cam according to claim 1 , wherein, for any rate (dR/dα), the radius (R) is ≥40 and ≤130 mm.

6. The spring drive cam according to claim 1 , wherein, for the radius (R)<82 mm and the angle (α)<95°, the rate (dR/dα) is >0.3 mm/or,

for the radius (R)<92 mm and the angle (α)<95°, the rate (dR/dα) is greater than 0.3 mm/° and/or,

for the radius (R)>125 mm and the angle (α)>210° the rate (dR/dα) is ≤0.3 mm/° or,

for the radius (R)>115 mm and the angle (α)>200° the rate (dR/dα) is <0.3 mm/°.

7. The spring drive comprising the spring drive cam according to claim 1 , an opening spring configured to open the circuit breaker and a closing spring configured to close the circuit breaker and reload-ing the opening spring, wherein the opening spring and the closing spring are in rotational contact with the spring drive cam.

8. The spring drive according to claim 7 , wherein the rate (dR/dα)≤0.3 mm/° yields a rotational speed of the cam ( 3 ) of ≤4600°/s.

9. The circuit breaker comprising the spring drive according to claim 7 and a couple of conducting terminals, wherein the spring drive is configured to move at least one of the conducting terminals for electrically connecting and disconnecting the conducting terminals.

10. The circuit breaker according to claim 9 , wherein one of the conducting terminals is provided as contact plug and the other of the conducting terminals is provided as corresponding contact tulip, whereby the conducting terminals are arranged in coaxial arrangement and at least one of the conducting terminals is arranged movable relative to the other of the of the conducting terminals.

11. The spring drive cam according to claim 1 , wherein the closing spring is attached to the spring drive cam at a rotational axis of the spring drive cam.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2022
From: KORBEL, JAKUB; CUPPETT, MATT; CHRISTOPHER, BRIAN; THOMAS, RICHARD; KOTILAINEN, SAMI; JACOBSSON, STAFFAN; WEDIN, BENNY; AGOSTINI, FRANCESCO
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 062132/0742 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058601/0692 →