Gas Insulated Patents (Class 361/604)
  • Patent number: 6252763
    Abstract: A gas-insulated electrical apparatus includes tanks into each of which insulation gas is sealed, including bus-bars, bus-bar disconnectors connected to the bus-bars, circuit breakers connected to the bus-bar disconnectors, and line disconnectors connected to the circuit breakers, each line disconnector being further connected to a transmission or a transformer; wherein each bus-bar disconnector and each line disconnector include a respective pair of a fixed-contact and a moving-contact, the fixed-contact and the moving-contact being concave and convex, respectively, and each of the moving-contacts in the bus-bar disconnector and the line disconnector is located at the side of a corresponding circuit breaker between the bus-bar disconnector and the line disconnector, a contact-parting speed in the line connector being lower than that in the bus-bar disconnector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Enokida, Tokio Yamagiwa, Kenji Annou, Manabu Takamoto, Hirohiko Yatsuzuka, Masahiro Shimokawa
  • Patent number: 6134101
    Abstract: The gas-insulated, metal-enclosed switchgear assembly contains two, three or more switchpanels, each having a multipole power breaker (CB.sub.1, CB.sub.2, CB.sub.3, CB.sub.4) as well as isolating and grounding switches per switch pole (CB.sub.1R) and is designed like a ring or in a 11/2 power-breaker circuit. The switch poles of the power breakers are each of identical design and are arranged parallel to one another. The switchpanels each have one current path of U-shaped design per phase in a vertical plane, in which current path the base of the U contains a vertically aligned pole of the power breaker, and the two limbs of the U each contain an electrical connection of the power breaker and an isolating as well as a grounding switch. The upper limbs of the U of one of the switchpanels are connected phase-by-phase to the lower limbs (S.sub.u) of another of the switchpanels, by means of respective single-phase gas pipelines (L.sub.12 (R), L.sub.23 (R), L.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bucher, Lorenz Muller
  • Patent number: 6134100
    Abstract: The encapsulation (1) of a gas-insulated switchgear assembly is supported at both ends (7, 9) on a foundation (11). To this end, mounting device (12) are provided at the first end (7) and are anchored in the foundation (11) such that they cannot move. At the second end (9), the mounting device (13) are designed such that they can move with respect to the foundation (11), in the longitudinal direction of the encapsulation (1). This avoids mechanical stresses in the assembly. A force absorbing member is also provided at the first end (7), which transmits horizontal forces from the encapsulation (1) to the foundation (11), and thus relieves the load on the mounting device (12, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Heinz Hageli, Markus Vestner, Martin Zurcher
  • Patent number: 6002085
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear has a container which is filled with an insulating gas, a conductor disposed with the container, an insulator for supporting the conductor. An outer periphery of the insulator is made smooth so as to improve a dielectric strength of the device. The insulator is made of an organic substance base and an inorganic material filler added to the base. In order to improve the dielectric strength, the filler is atomised or the insulator is coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Utsumi, Toshio Ishikawa, Shuzo Iwaasa, Fumihiro Endo, Tokio Yamagiwa
  • Patent number: 5939876
    Abstract: The measuring device is intended for a metal-enclosed, gas-insulated high-voltage installation. It contains at least one sensor (10, 11), arranged in an enclosure tube (3) of the metal enclosure which is filled with insulating gas, and at least one electronic evaluation device (23, 23'), which processes output signals of the sensor (10, 11). The evaluation device (23, 23') and a plug-and-socket device (28, 28') connecting the evaluation device to an output of the sensor (10, 11) are arranged in a two-part metal housing. One part of this housing is formed by a hollow metal flange (26), integrally formed on the outer surface of the enclosure tube (3), and the region of the enclosure tube (3) rimmed by the hollow flange (26). The other part of the housing is a housing element (27) which is depressed in the shape of a trough and is fastened to the hollow metal flange (26) of the enclosure tube (3) by its edge, which delimits the trough opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Marcel Fuglister, Alfred Walter Jaussi, Andrzej Kaczkowski, Markus Meng
  • Patent number: 5898565
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear apparatus comprising connection conductors connected to a connection portion to breaker side, disconnectors connected to the connection conductors, cable heads connected to the disconnectors, lightning arresters having one end connected between the disconnectors and the cable heads, single phase voltage transformers provided in one of three phases and having one end connected between the disconnectors and the cable heads and a disconnector cylindrical vessel filled with an insulating gas and containing the connection conductors, the disconnectors, the cable heads, the lightning arresters and the single phase voltage transformers therein. The cable heads are disposed so that the axis of the disconnector cylindrical vessel and the axes of the cable heads are parallel. The lightning arresters are disposed so that the axis of the disconnector cylindrical vessel and the axes of the lightning arresters are parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Yamauchi, Masazumi Yamamoto, Kiyokazu Torimi, Hiroki Sanuki
  • Patent number: 5796060
    Abstract: A switching apparatus includes a grounded, insulating gas-filled housing, the housing having a housing wall, and a power circuit-breaker disposed in the housing. The apparatus further includes a current connection for a first busbar, a current connection for a second busbar, and a current connection for a load outgoer. The apparatus further includes a grounding switch disposed in the housing, the grounding switch being connected between the power circuit-breaker and the current connection for the load outgoer, and a busbar disconnector, the busbar disconnector being connected between the current connection of the first busbar and the power circuit-breaker and between the current connection of the second busbar and the power circuit-breaker. An outwardly extended, first tubular flange arrangement is attached over a first opening in the housing wall, and an outwardly extended, second tubular flange arrangement is attached over a second opening in the housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Dieter Fuchsle, Peter Hogg, Lothar Mantel, Georg Schett
  • Patent number: 5757614
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear device of a double bus type which is accommodated in a metal container filled with SF.sub.6 gas includes first and second gas insulated main buses disposed horizontally and substantially in parallel with each other. Bus sectioning units section each of the first and second main buses into first and second sections. The bus sectioning units include auxiliary buses disposed outside of said first and second main buses. A branching bus connects one end of the first main bus with one end of one of the auxiliary buses via a circuit breaker. Another branching bus connects the other end of the first main bus with the other end of the one of the auxiliary buses. Still another branching bus connects one end of the second main bus with one end of another auxiliary bus. A further branching bus connects the other end of the second main bus with the other end of the other auxiliary bus. Potential transformers are provided along the branching buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Hachida, Hirohiko Yatsuzuka, Takanobu Aoyama, Tadasuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5723814
    Abstract: A supporting insulator for installation between connecting flanges of a gas-insulated switching installation is provided with an outer ring, with an insulator body which is in the form of a disk and which is formed of a hardened cast resin, and with at least one cast fitting which is subjected to high voltage and is cast in the insulator body. The outer ring need not be assembled with the insulator body until after the outer ring has been colored. The outer ring includes two identically constructed rings that are joined together in a separable, but positively locking manner such that the insulator body can be separated from the outer ring when the rings are separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Gustav Kolbl, Ales Vrana
  • Patent number: 5715134
    Abstract: A medium-voltage substation includes at least two insulative material chambers each provided with at least one opening for the gas-tight passage of a set of three-phase busbars. Each chamber contains a three-position three-phase switch for connecting the busbars to first gas-tight electrical feed-throughs and for connecting the first feed-throughs to second gas-tight feed-throughs connected to ground. The first feed-throughs of at least one chamber are each electrically connected to a single-phase cable. The first feed-throughs of each chamber are electrically connected either to a fuse or to a pole of a circuit-breaker disposed in an insulative material compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: GEC Alsthom T & D SA
    Inventors: Jean Maineult, Raymond Pluveau, Bernard Joyeux-Bouillon
  • Patent number: 5670767
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear in which a washer 5 is electrically connected with a tank 1 by a conductive material 12 having a high resistivity at a position where the tank 1 and a tank 2 are joined through an insulator 13 of the gas-insulated switchgear. In view of the structure of the switchgear, the reliability is improved, the structure is simplified, the number of parts is decreased, and the profitability is improved because a steep surge is not theoretically induced for a steep surge induced when turning on/off each unit at an electrically insulated position of a joint between tanks through an insulator of a gas-insulated switchgear for an SF.sub.6 gas-insulated closed-type station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatomo Kobayashi, Hiromichi Hokuto, Yoichi Ohshita, Minoru Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 5638254
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker 40 automatically interrupts a fault current such as ground fault current flowing through a conductor 61 of a bus line 60. A high speed grounding switch 10 performs a higher grounding and its releasing operation than the open and close operation of the gas circuit breaker 40 during the open and close operation thereof and guarantees the current interrupting performance and the inter-electrode insulation performance of the gas circuit breaker 40. In association with the electrode arrangement of a disconnecting switch 20, bus lines 60A and 60B are disposed in horizontal direction, a stationary electrode 13 of the high speed grounding switch 10 is provided at the constitutional unit 21 of the disconnecting switch 20 so as to locate on the same straight line as the central axis of the bus line and the movable electrode 11 at the ground side is closed along the same straight line as the central axis of the bus line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Annou, Masatomo Ohno, Kyuji Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 5625530
    Abstract: A power receiving unit is arranged in one side of an instrument potential/current unit transformer. A transformer-side unit is arranged in the other side of the instrument potential/current transformer units. A bypass bus connecting the power receiving unit and the transformer-side unit is arranged in parallel to the row of cubicles. The gas insulated switchgear can be made small in size and the work for adding a bank can be performed with substantially small man-power. The size of the gas insulated switchgear can be also prevented from increasing due to the addition of a bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Inami, Takahide Seki, Toyokazu Tanaka, Masafumi Ooshima
  • Patent number: 5590018
    Abstract: The arrestors of a compact gas insulated switchgear are to be connected to gas insulated main buses. The arrestors represent three phases, and are arranged in such a manner that the distance from a main bus which is located at the outermost position among a plurality of main buses to at least one arrestor for one phase is differentiated from the distances from the outermost main bus to at least one of the remaining arrestors. As a result, the area or the width required for installing the arrestors is minimized, the length of the main buses is shortened, and the installation area of the gas insulated switchgear as a whole can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watahiki, Shingo Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 5589674
    Abstract: A metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated switching installation is provided with at least one busbar system, the busbar system having an axis separation, and a circuit breaker, the circuit breaker being in the form of a pole and having a pole axis, the circuit breaker including at least one quenching chamber installed in a pole enclosure and at least one connection for the associated busbar system. The pole axis is arranged at a right angle to a surface of a foundation. The circuit breaker of the switching installation includes a modular circuit breaker pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: Ernst Berger, Franz Heil, Herbert Schifko, Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5484972
    Abstract: A high-voltage switching device for gas-insulated switchgear has a gas-filled metal housing, a conducting path in the metal housing and at least two series-connected switching points with movable contact pieces which are actuated by a common drive mounted on the metal housing. The conducting path forms an angle with at least one of the switching points respectively arranged on each leg of the angle, the device thereby requiring less space in the case of both vertical and horizontal installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventor: Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5453910
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear device includes a pair of main bus lines arranged in parallel; a pair of auxiliary bus lines arranged in parallel; three sets of circuit breakers each including at both ends thereof respective disconnecting switches, the three sets of circuit breakers being electrically connected in series between the pair of main bus lines via the pair of auxiliary bus lines; and a cable head provided at junction points between the disconnecting switches belonging to the respective adjacent circuit breakers. The pair of main bus lines and the pair of auxiliary bus lines are arranged in parallel with each other over a substantially horizontal plane near their installation plane, and the three sets of circuit breakers are vertical type circuit breakers and are disposed at one side of the pair of main bus lines and of the pair of auxiliary bus lines along their axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Syunji Itou, Hitoshi Kayaba, Masahiro Takahoshi, Hiroshi Suzuyama, Minoru Sakaguchi