IP Library Granted Patent US 10,276,315
Granted Patent B2
US 10,276,315 · App. 15/735,003 · Granted Apr 30, 2019

Operating device for power switchgear

Inventors: Shuichi Tanigaki (Tokyo, JP); Tomohito Mori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01H3/04H01H3/32H01H3/42H01H33/42H01H2235/01H02B13/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,276,315
App. No.
15/735,003
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operating device for a power switchgear includes: an output lever coupled to a movable-contact of the switchgear; a torsion bar releasing an accumulated force when the switchgear is opened to rotate the lever in the counterclockwise direction and drive the movable-contact in an opening direction; an opening latch engaged with the lever to hold an accumulated force of the torsion bar; a cam rotating when the switchgear is closed, having contact with the lever to rotate the lever in the clockwise direction, and driving the movable-contact in a closing direction; another torsion bar releasing the accumulated force when the switchgear is closed to rotate the cam; and a closing latch which can be engaged with the cam to hold the accumulated force of the torsion bar. The cam includes opposed cam elements, a pin whose ends are rotatably supported by the elements, and a bolt fastening the elements.

Claims (14)

1. An operating device for a power switchgear comprising:

an output lever fixed to a main shaft and coupled to a movable contact of the power switchgear;

an opening spring to release an accumulated force when the power switchgear is opened and rotate the output lever in a first direction to drive the movable contact in an opening direction;

an opening latch capable of being engaged with the output lever to hold an accumulated force of the opening spring;

a cam fixed to a camshaft, to rotate when the power switchgear is closed to have contact with the output lever, to rotate the output lever in a second direction reverse to the first direction, and to drive the movable contact in a closing direction;

a closing spring to release an accumulated force when the power switchgear is closed and rotate the cam; and

a closing latch capable of being engaged with the cam to hold an accumulated force of the closing spring,

wherein the cam includes:

a first plate-like part that is a cam element fixed to the camshaft and capable of having contact with the output lever;

a second plate-like part disposed in parallel to the first plate-like part and disposed apart from the first plate-like part in a direction toward the camshaft with an interval between the second plate-like part and the first plate-like part, in which the closing latch is insertable, the second plate-like part being smaller than the first plate-like part in planar view and disposed to be fit in a region of the first plate-like part, and being non-contact with the output lever;

a pin to penetrate the first and second plate-like parts in a direction of the camshaft, which has both ends rotatably supported by the first and second plate-like parts, and can be engaged with the closing latch; and

a coupling unit to couple the first plate-like part with the second plate-like part.

2. The operating device for a power switchgear according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit is a bolt.

3. The operating device for a power switchgear according to claim 1 , wherein the first plate-like part, the second plate-like part, and the coupling unit are integrally formed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2017
From: TANIGAKI, SHUICHI; MORI, TOMOHITO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044341/0295 →
Continuity (1)
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