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US 12,744,366 · App. 18/681,970 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Tank-type circuit breaker

Inventors: Motohiro Sato (Tokyo, JP); Yasunori Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02B13/0354
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Patent No.
US 12,744,366
App. No.
18/681,970
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tank-type circuit breaker includes a cylindrical grounded tank in which an insulating gas is sealed, a vacuum valve insulated and supported in the grounded tank and including a movable-side contact and a fixed-side contact, a movable conductor electrically connected to the movable-side contact, a fixed conductor electrically connected to the fixed-side contact, a movable-side external conductor and a fixed-side external conductor disposed in a pair of bushings extending above the grounded tank, a movable-side frame electrically connecting the lower end of the movable-side external conductor to the movable conductor, and a fixed-side frame electrically connecting the lower end of the fixed-side external conductor to the fixed conductor. The fixed-side frame and the fixed-side external conductor are connected via at least two springs arranged in series along an extending direction of the fixed-side external conductor, so that the fixed-side frame is suspended and supported by the fixed-side external conductor.

Claims (26)

1 . A circuit breaker, comprising:

a cylindrical grounded tank in which an insulating gas is sealed;

a contact insulated and supported in the grounded tank and including a movable-side contact and a fixed-side contact;

a movable conductor electrically connected to the movable-side contact;

a fixed conductor electrically connected to the fixed-side contact;

a movable-side external conductor and a fixed-side external conductor disposed in a pair of bushings extending above the grounded tank, respectively;

a movable-side frame configured to electrically connect a lower end of the movable-side external conductor to the movable conductor;

a fixed-side frame configured to electrically connect a lower end of the fixed-side external conductor to the fixed conductor;

a movable-side insulating support tube configured to insulate and support the movable-side frame in the grounded tank;

an annular portion formed of an annular plate and fixed at an outer peripheral portion to the fixed-side frame inside the fixed-side frame;

a rod fixed to a distal end portion of the fixed-side external conductor and extending in an extending direction of the fixed-side external conductor; and

an annular suppressing plate fixed at a central portion to a distal end portion of the rod, wherein

the fixed-side frame and the fixed-side external conductor are connected via at least two elastics arranged in series along the extending direction of the fixed-side external conductor, so that the fixed-side frame is suspended and supported by the fixed-side external conductor, and wherein

the elastics include a first elastic and a second elastic configured to generate, when compressed, a reaction force in a direction opposite to a compressed direction;

the first elastic is disposed between the fixed-side external conductor and the annular portion; and

the second elastic is disposed between the annular portion and the annular suppressing plate.

2 . The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the elastics are coil springs or disc springs.

3 . The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein

the contact is a vacuum valve.

4 . The circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixed-side frame includes an inner wall surface forming a cylindrical area;

the lower end of the fixed-side external conductor is inserted into the cylindrical area movably along an axial direction;

the at least two elastics are arranged in series from a lower end side of the fixed-side external conductor along the extending direction of the fixed-side external conductor; and

an outer wall surface of the fixed-side external conductor and the inner wall surface of the fixed-side frame are electrically connected via a current-carrying contact.

5 . The circuit breaker according to claim 4 , wherein

the annular portion is a protrusion protruding from the inner wall surface of the fixed-side frame toward a central portion of the cylindrical area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2024
From: SATO, MOTOHIRO; NAKAMURA, YASUNORI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066404/0737 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240339818A1 · Oct 10, 2024
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