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Granted Patent B2
US 12,046,879 · App. 17/614,636 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Switching arrangement

Inventors: Stefan Beutel (Berlin, DE); Andreas Kleinschmidt (Oranienburg, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
H02B13/045H02B13/0352H02B13/0358H02B13/075H02B13/0354
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Patent No.
US 12,046,879
App. No.
17/614,636
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switching arrangement includes a circuit breaker in an upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section. A first disconnector is disposed in a first disconnector encapsulation section and a second disconnector is disposed in a second disconnector encapsulation section. The disconnector encapsulation sections are disposed on a lateral surface of the circuit breaker encapsulation section.

Claims (30)

1. A switching arrangement, comprising:

an upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section having an outer surface;

a circuit breaker disposed in said upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section;

a first angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section;

a first disconnector disposed in said first angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section;

a first cable connection disposed on said first angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section;

a second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section;

a second disconnector disposed in said second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section; and

a second cable connection disposed on said second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section;

said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections each being disposed directly or indirectly on said outer surface of said upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section, and said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections being mutually spaced apart at opposite ends of an imaginary line segment disposed parallel or perpendicular to a vertical axis of the upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section;

said first and second cable connections being oriented either opposite to one another or in an identical sense; and

said orientations of said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections having angular positions permitting cables connected to said first and second cable connections, respectively, to be directed parallel to the vertical axis of said upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section from either an identical direction or different directions.

2. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections are oriented in alignment with one another.

3. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections are oriented in alignment with one another in a direction of the vertical axis of said upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section.

4. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprises a grounding switch disposed at least on one of said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections.

5. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first and second disconnectors is a three-position device.

6. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said circuit breaker includes a drive device flanked by said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections.

7. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprises a secondary housing, said upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section being flanked by one of said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections and said secondary housing.

8. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprises a second circuit breaker encapsulation section, said upright first and said second circuit breaker encapsulation sections being disposed between said first angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section and said second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation section.

9. The switching arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein:

said circuit breaker is one of first and second circuit breakers each being disposed in a respective one of said upright first and said second circuit breaker encapsulation sections;

said first disconnector, said first circuit breaker, said second circuit breaker and said second disconnector are connected electrically in series; and

a node point is disposed between said first circuit breaker and said second circuit breaker, from which a first strand including said first circuit breaker and said first disconnector extends, and a second strand including said respective second circuit breaker and said second disconnector extends.

10. The switching arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein:

said circuit breaker is one of first and second circuit breakers;

said first circuit breaker and said first disconnector and said second circuit breaker and said second disconnector are respectively connected electrically in series and form a first and a second strand; and

a node point is disposed between said first circuit breaker and said first disconnector to form a tap for said second strand including said second circuit breaker and said second disconnector.

11. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the switching arrangement has a single-pole and encapsulated configuration.

12. The switching arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said upright first circuit breaker encapsulation section and said first and second angularly-shaped disconnector encapsulation sections are flange-connected to one another.

13. The switching arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein said flange-connections are fluid-tight.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 060888/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2022
From: BEUTEL, STEFAN; KLEINSCHMIDT, ANDREAS
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 060665/0069 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 207 926.1 · May 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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