Abstract: An adjusting bolt is screwed into a nut attached to a dolly, and is disposed such that a central axis thereof is parallel to a closing and opening direction of a contact. A lever is attached to a shaft. An electrically-insulating rod is coupled to a first end of the lever, and a pin is mounted to a second end of the lever. The adjusting bolt is turned and lowered to lower the pin. The lever and the shaft are pivoted by the lowering of the pin, and the electrically-insulating rod is raised. Thus, a movable contact moves toward a fixed contact, moving the contact from an open state to a closed state.

Abstract: A vacuum switch is provided with a vacuum valve 1 including a stationary-side terminal conductor 3 and a moving-side terminal conductor 16. In the vacuum switch, a radiator 29 provided with a cover 37 making open a side face of a plurality of fin-shaped protrusions 36 extending outwardly from the terminal conductor 3, 16 and surrounding an outer periphery, is fixed to the terminal conductor 3, 16. Furthermore, the plurality of fins 43 including a cover 42 making a side face open and surrounding an outer periphery is integrally molded on the terminal conductor 3, 16. As a result, a vacuum switch is capable of making smaller an air clearance between the radiator and a peripheral housing.

Abstract: An electromagnetic repulsion drive switching device in which a contact-closing coil and a contact-opening coil are arranged to confront a conductive repulsive member, and in which a drive current is fed to a selected one of the individual coils from a capacitor charged to a predetermined charge voltage by a charging power source. A stationary contact and a movable contact are brought into and out of contact by a repulsion electromagnetic force generated between the coils and the repulsion member. A voltage control controls the output voltage of the charging power source so that the peak value of the drive current may fall within a range with respect to a temperature change of the capacitor. As a result, even if the working temperature of the capacitor changes, the drive current of the contact-closing coil and the contact-opening coil falls within a desired range.

Abstract: A protection relay device for distribution equipment is provided with breakers respectively disposed at branches of a distribution system having the branches in a hierarchical structure, relays respectively disposed at the branches and detecting a short-circuit failure in a lower-rank section and outputting a detection signal, and a central control device receiving the detection signals output by the relays, determining a short-circuit failure section where a short-circuit failure has occurred from the detection signal received, and operating the relay of the branch corresponding to the short-circuit failure section to open the breaker corresponding to the relay.

Abstract: A switching apparatus includes a switch, a movable coil, stationary coil members, and a direction-of-conduction setter comprising diodes. The switch has a stationary electrode. The movable coil is fixedly mounted on a movable shaft coupled to the movable electrode. The stationary coil members are opposed to the movable coil. The power supply supplies an excitation current to the coils. The direction-of-conduction setter sets the direction of conduction, in which the excitation current flows from the power supply into the coils, so that the coils will electromagnetically react on each other. This arrangement provides highly efficient electromagnetic driving. Moreover, an opening power supply or closing power supply is required to have only a small capacity.