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Granted Patent B2
US 11,270,858 · App. 17/052,115 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Electrical circuit breaker

Inventors: Takenao Nakatani (Ogaki, JP); Yusuke Kondo (Ogaki, JP)
Assignee: Pacific Engineering Corporation
H01H39/006H01H9/30H01H73/18
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Patent No.
US 11,270,858
App. No.
17/052,115
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric circuit breaker that prevents damage due to increased internal pressure after an electric circuit is cut off and prevents an arc from leaking to the outside. Such a circuit breaker includes a housing, a cut portion that is arranged in the housing and forms a part of an electric circuit, a cutting member that cuts the cut portion, and a power source arranged on a first end portion side of the housing, the electric circuit breaker including a moving body including the cutting member, in which the housing includes a cylindrical portion capable of moving the moving body between the first end portion and a second end portion on a side opposite to the first end portion, in which the moving body is configured such that the cutting member provided in the moving body cuts a separation piece of the cut portion.

Claims (9)

1. An electric circuit breaker, including a housing, a cut portion that is arranged in the housing and forms a part of an electric circuit, a cutting member that cuts the cut portion, and a power source arranged on a first end portion side of the housing,

the electric circuit breaker comprising a moving body including the cutting member,

wherein the housing includes a cylindrical portion capable of moving the moving body between the first end portion and a second end portion on a side opposite to the first end portion,

wherein the moving body is configured such that the cutting member provided in the moving body cuts a separation piece of the cut portion while the moving body moves from the first end portion toward the second end portion by the power source,

wherein the housing includes an outer arc extinguishing space on an outer side of the cylindrical portion,

wherein the outer arc extinguishing space accommodates a main body portion of the cut portion that remains in the housing without being cut when the cutting member cuts the cut portion, while allowing the main body portion to be inserted through an inside of the outer arc extinguishing space; and

wherein the outer extinguishing space is configured to extinguish an arc generated inside and prevent an arc from leaking to outside.

2. The electric circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the main body portion of the cut portion includes a bent portion that is bent in the outer arc extinguishing space.

3. The electric circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein an arc extinguishing material is accommodated in the outer arc extinguishing space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2020
From: NAKATANI, TAKENAO; KONDO, YUSUKE
To: PACIFIC ENGINEERING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054229/0333 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-106640 · Jun 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210233728A1 · Jul 29, 2021