Abstract: An interrupter system includes a first coil and an interrupter electrically connected to the first coil. The interrupter includes: a first terminal; a second terminal electrically connected to the first terminal; a third terminal electrically separated from the first terminal and the second terminal; a heat generating element electrically connected to the third terminal; and an explosive configured to be ignited by the heat generating element to produce a gas for interrupting an electrical connection between the first terminal and the second terminal. The first coil is electrically connected to the heat generating element via the third terminal. Moreover, the first coil is configured to, when an abnormal current flows between the first terminal and the second terminal, generate an electric power for igniting the explosive from the abnormal current.

Abstract: A disconnect device includes: a conductor connectable to an external conductive path; a housing that has an internal space and accommodates at least a part of the conductor; and a cooling body that is disposed in the internal space and cools an arc generated in the internal space. The cooling body includes a porous body configured with at least one of a metal oxide and an inorganic oxide.

Abstract: A control system is designed to control an interrupter. The interrupter is started by a startup current to interrupt a main electric circuit. The startup current flows through an auxiliary electric circuit and has a current valve equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The control system includes a driving unit and a driven unit. The driving unit includes an intermediate electrical path to be connected to the main electric circuit. The driven unit is to be connected to the auxiliary electric circuit. When an abnormal current having a current value equal to or greater than a prescribed value flows through the intermediate electrical path, the driving unit uses, as a drive source for driving the driven unit, the abnormal current flowing through the intermediate electrical path. The driven unit supplies the auxiliary electric circuit with the startup current by being driven by the driving unit.

Abstract: An interrupter includes a gas producer, an actuator pin, and an electrical conductor. The electrical conductor includes a first terminal portion, a first separable portion, a second terminal portion, and a second separable portion. The second separable portion is electrically connected to the first separable portion in parallel. A first timing when the first separable portion starts to be cut off from the first terminal portion is earlier than a second timing when the second separable portion starts to be cut off from the second terminal portion.

Abstract: A circuit interrupter includes: a first fixed terminal including a first fixed contact; a movable contactor which is formed as a separate part from the first fixed terminal and includes a first movable contact; a holding unit configured to hold the movable contactor so that the first movable contact is connected to the first fixed contact; and a squib configured to generate gas by combustion. In the circuit interrupter, pressure of the gas generated by the squib causes movement of the movable contactor in a direction away from the first fixed terminal so that the first movable contact is separated from the first fixed contact.

Abstract: A disconnect device includes: a conductor connectable to an external conductive path; a housing that has an internal space and accommodates at least a part of the conductor; and a cooling body that is disposed in the internal space and cools an arc generated in the internal space. The cooling body includes a porous body configured with at least one of a metal oxide and an inorganic oxide.

Abstract: A circuit interrupter includes a fixed terminal, a movable contactor, a moving mechanism, a squib, and accommodation. The fixed terminal includes a fixed contact. The movable contactor includes a movable contact connected to the fixed contact. The moving mechanism is configured to move the movable contactor from a closed position where the movable contact is connected to the fixed contact to an open position where the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The squib is configured to generate gas by combustion. The accommodation is for accommodating the fixed contact and the movable contactor. In the circuit interrupter, the gas is introduced into the accommodation.

Abstract: A bus bar of a contact device includes at least one electric path piece selected from a reverse and a forward electric path piece extending along a direction of current flowing through a moving contactor. The moving contactor is positioned between the reverse electric path piece and a fixed contact in moving directions of the moving contactor with the moving contactor positioned in the closed position. The reverse electric path piece allows current to flow therethrough in an opposite direction from current flowing through the moving contactor. The forward electric path piece is positioned on a same side as the fixed contact relative to the moving contactor in the moving directions of the moving contactor with the moving contactor positioned in the closed position. The forward electric path piece allows current to flow therethrough in a same direction as current flowing through the moving contactor.

Abstract: An interrupter includes a gas producer, an actuator pin, and an electrical conductor. The electrical conductor includes a first terminal portion, a first separable portion, a second terminal portion, and a second separable portion. The second separable portion is electrically connected to the first separable portion in parallel. A first timing when the first separable portion starts to be cut off from the first terminal portion is earlier than a second timing when the second separable portion starts to be cut off from the second terminal portion.

Abstract: A first conductive member is fixed to a first fixed terminal having a longitudinal direction, and a second conductive member is fixed to a second fixed terminal having a longitudinal direction. The first fixed terminal and the second fixed terminal are fixed to a partition member. A first extension portion of the first conductive member includes a first opposed portion opposed to at least one of the first fixed terminal at a first fixed contact side of the partition member. The first opposed portion extends in the longitudinal direction of the first fixed terminal.

Abstract: A control system is designed to control an interrupter. The interrupter is started by a startup current to interrupt a main electric circuit. The startup current flows through an auxiliary electric circuit and has a current valve equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The control system includes a driving unit and a driven unit. The driving unit includes an intermediate electrical path to be connected to the main electric circuit. The driven unit is to be connected to the auxiliary electric circuit. When an abnormal current having a current value equal to or greater than a prescribed value flows through the intermediate electrical path, the driving unit uses, as a drive source for driving the driven unit, the abnormal current flowing through the intermediate electrical path. The driven unit supplies the auxiliary electric circuit with the startup current by being driven by the driving unit.

Abstract: A contact device includes a fixed terminal, a moving contactor, a moving yoke, and a bus bar. The moving contactor moves from a closed position where a moving contact is in contact with a fixed contact to an open position where the moving contact is out of contact with the fixed contact, and vice versa. The moving yoke moves, as the moving contactor moves, in a direction of movement of the moving contactor. The bus bar generates, when energized, a magnetic field having a direction aligned with the direction of movement of the moving contactor. The bus bar is arranged, with respect to the moving yoke when the moving contactor is currently located at the closed position, in a direction in which the moving contactor moves from the open position toward the closed position.

Abstract: A circuit interrupter includes a fixed terminal, a movable contactor, a moving mechanism, a squib, and accommodation. The fixed terminal includes a fixed contact. The movable contactor includes a movable contact connected to the fixed contact. The moving mechanism is configured to move the movable contactor from a closed position where the movable contact is connected to the fixed contact to an open position where the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The squib is configured to generate gas by combustion. The accommodation is for accommodating the fixed contact and the movable contactor. In the circuit interrupter, the gas is introduced into the accommodation.

Abstract: A circuit interrupter includes: a first fixed terminal including a first fixed contact; a movable contactor which is formed as a separate part from the first fixed terminal and includes a first movable contact; a holding unit configured to hold the movable contactor so that the first movable contact is connected to the first fixed contact; and a squib configured to generate gas by combustion. In the circuit interrupter, pressure of the gas generated by the squib causes movement of the movable contactor in a direction away from the first fixed terminal so that the first movable contact is separated from the first fixed contact.

Abstract: The contact device switches between a closed state where a movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open state where the movable contact is apart from the fixed contact as the movable element moves. The bus bar is electrically connected to the fixed contact. A magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the bus bar when the contact device is in the closed state applies, to the movable element, force oriented such that the movable element is maintained at a location where the contact device is in the closed state. In such a positional relationship, the bus bar and the electromagnetic device are disposed.

Abstract: A contact module includes a pair of contact devices, each of which includes a fixed terminal and a moving contactor. The moving contactor moves from a closed position where the moving contact is in contact with the fixed contact to an open position where the moving contact is out of contact with the fixed contact, and vice versa. One moving contactor generates, when energized, a magnetic field that applies force to the other moving contactor in a direction from the open position of the other moving contactor toward the closed position of the other moving contactor. The other moving contactor generates, when energized, a magnetic field that applies force to the one moving contactor in a direction from the open position of the one moving contactor toward the closed position of the one moving contactor.

Abstract: A first conductive member is fixed to a first fixed terminal having a longitudinal direction, and a second conductive member is fixed to a second fixed terminal having a longitudinal direction. The first fixed terminal and the second fixed terminal are fixed to a partition member. A first extension portion of the first conductive member includes a first opposed portion opposed to at least one of the first fixed terminal at a first fixed contact side of the partition member. The first opposed portion extends in the longitudinal direction of the first fixed terminal.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, a movable contactor, a shaft, first and second excitation coils, a fixed element, and first and second movable elements. The movable contact is movable from a closed position to an open position. The movable contact contacts to the fixed contact when the movable contact is positioned at the closed position. The movable contact is away from the fixed contact when the movable contact is positioned at the open position. The movable contactor includes the movable contact. The shaft is configured to move the movable contactor in one direction. The first movable element is movable to a first position and a second position. The first movable element is positioned at the first position when the first movable element is attracted by the fixed element due to the first excitation coil.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnet device, a contactor, and a trip device turning the contactor into an open state in which the contactor opens when an abnormal current flows. The electromagnet device includes a first excitation coil, a fixed element, first and second movable elements, and a permanent magnet. The contactor includes a fixed contact and a movable contact. In the electromagnetic relay, while the permanent magnet causes the first movable element to attractingly contact the second movable element, the fixed element attracts the first movable element due to a magnetic flux generated by the first excitation coil so as to move the second movable element together with the first movable element from a normal position to an attracted position.

Abstract: The contact apparatus includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, and an arc extinguishing member. The movable contact is movable between a closed position where the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open position where the movable contact is separate from the fixed contact. The arc extinguishing member is for discharging an arc extinguishing gas offering a capacity for extinguishment of an arc, into a space containing the fixed contact and the movable contact.