Having Gas Circuit Breaker Patents (Class 361/619)
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Patent number: 11251589Abstract: A gas-insulated switching device includes: a vacuum valve having a movable contact provided on one side of a movable conductor and a fixed contact provided to a fixed conductor; an insulation rod connected to another side of the movable conductor led out from the vacuum valve through a bellows; an operation rod connecting the insulation rod and an operation device; an airtight container in which the insulation rod, the other side of the movable conductor, and the operation rod are accommodated; and an intermediate pressure chamber formed by communication between internal spaces of the bellows and the airtight container. A sliding contact member is provided to the other side of the movable conductor. The sliding contact member is connected, via the airtight container, to a main circuit conductor. A communication portion provided between the airtight container and the sliding contact member allows communication inside the airtight container.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Tsurimoto, Tadahiro Yoshida, Junichi Abe, Shintaro Yamada
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Patent number: 11139226Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes a vapor chamber, a plurality of electrical contacts, a semiconductor die and an encapsulant. The vapor chamber defines an enclosed chamber for accommodating a working liquid. The electrical contacts surround the vapor chamber. The semiconductor die is disposed on the vapor chamber, and electrically connected to the electrical contacts through a plurality of bonding wires. The encapsulant covers a portion of the vapor chamber, portions of the electrical contacts, the semiconductor die and the bonding wires.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.Inventors: Hsin-En Chen, Ian Hu, Hung-Hsien Huang
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Patent number: 8958208Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed that includes an insulation substrate, a metal wiring layer, a semiconductor element, a heat sink, and a stress relaxation member located between the insulation substrate and the heat sink. The heat sink has a plurality of partitioning walls that extend in one direction and are arranged at intervals. The stress relaxation member includes a stress absorbing portion formed by through holes extending through the entire thickness of the stress relaxation member. Each hole is formed such that its dimension along the longitudinal direction of the partitioning walls is greater than its dimension along the arranging direction of the partitioning walls.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Shogo Mori, Shinobu Tamura, Shinobu Yamauchi, Taizo Kuribayashi
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Patent number: 8885327Abstract: A switchgear having an electrified conductor accommodated in a tank in which insulating gas is contained includes a fixed contact connected to the electrified conductor, a movable contact installed to be contactable and separable to and from the fixed contact, an insulating rod that is externally extended from inside of the tank while being electrically insulated from the tank and turned by an operation device, and an insert that is extended from an end of the insulating rod toward the movable contact and is rotatably supported by a holding part installed in the electrified conductor. A flange part that is installed in the insert at a position where the holding part opposes the insulating rod and is extended in a substantially right-angle direction with respect to a direction of a rotation axis of the insulating rod is formed on the insert.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Kawahigashi, Takashi Harada
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Patent number: 8848345Abstract: A switchgear assembly module has a housing, which forms a common gas space for accommodating an insulating gas for the switchgear assembly module. The switchgear assembly module includes a busbar conductor arrangement having three busbar conductor sections, which are accommodated in the common gas space, an outgoing conductor connection group with three outgoing conductor openings and with three outgoing conductor sections, which extend from within the housing towards a respective one of the outgoing conductor openings, and three switch disconnectors, which each connect a respective one of the busbar conductor sections to a respective one of the outgoing conductor sections via a disconnection point. The disconnection point of a first one of the switch disconnectors is arranged on a first side of an outgoing normal plane and the disconnection point of a second one of the switch disconnectors is arranged on a second side of the outgoing normal plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Diego Sologuren-Sanchez, Tilo Bolli, Walter Holaus
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Patent number: 8675350Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear includes: a center conductor that is arranged to extend horizontally in a tank; a cylindrical member that is arranged in the tank to surround a center conductor, and formed by curving a metal plate-like member into a cylindrical shape and then joining circumferentially opposed both ends of the plate-like member by welding to form a welding portion, the welding portion being located on a lower side of the cylindrical member; and a current transformer for instruments, through which the cylindrical member is inserted, the current transformer being supported by the cylindrical member, and being arranged to surround the center conductor. The welding portion includes a metal spacer sandwiched between the circumferentially opposed both ends of the plate-like member, and the spacer and the ends are welded to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Osamu Kisanuki, Takashi Miyamoto, Takao Tsurimoto, Manabu Yoshimura
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Patent number: 8605412Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear is configured including phase-A, phase-B, and phase-C breaker units. For example, the phase-A breaker unit includes breakers connected in series in a horizontal first direction, disconnectors annexed on the breaker, disconnectors annexed on a breaker, and disconnectors annexed on a breaker. The disconnector is connected to a main bus that extends in the first direction, and the disconnector is connected to a main bus that extends in the first direction. Each of the disconnectors on the breakers is arranged while a longitudinal direction thereof is set to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction so that a switching direction of the disconnector is equal to the second direction. Thereby, the length of the main buses can be shortened, and an interphase distance and a breaker-to-breaker distance can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Nakauchi, Osamu Kisanuki
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Patent number: 8472193Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed that includes an insulation substrate, a metal wiring layer, a semiconductor element, a heat sink, and a stress relaxation member located between the insulation substrate and the heat sink. The heat sink has a plurality of partitioning walls that extend in one direction and are arranged at intervals. The stress relaxation member includes a stress absorbing portion formed by through holes extending through the entire thickness of the stress relaxation member. Each hole is formed such that its dimension along the longitudinal direction of the partitioning walls is greater than its dimension along the arranging direction of the partitioning walls.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Shogo Mori, Shinobu Tamura, Shinobu Yamauchi, Taizo Kuribayashi
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Patent number: 8462486Abstract: The invention relates to a gas-insulated medium-voltage switchgear comprising circuit breakers, disconnectors, and earth electrodes according to the preamble of patent claim 1. The aim of the invention is to fulfill the described market-specific requirements and to improve one such gas-insulated medium-voltage switchgear. To this end, the circuit breaker region is measured in such a way that the circuit breakers, and the output-side disconnectors and earth electrodes are all arranged therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Harald Fink, Maik Hyrenbach
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Patent number: 8452184Abstract: A radial optical data interchange packaging comprises a central core; a plurality of central core photo transceivers emerging from an exterior side surface of the central core; a mother board coupled to the central core, wherein the mother board is perpendicularly oriented below and abutting the central core; a plurality of retention slots on the mother board, wherein the retention slots radially extend away from the central core; and a plurality of cards held by the retention slots, wherein each of the plurality of cards comprises a set of card photo transceivers that optically communicate with the central core photo transceivers.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Don A. Gilliland, David B. Johnson
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Patent number: 8411418Abstract: The vacuum insulated switchgear includes: a housing enclosing a control compartment, a switch compartment, and a busbar compartment, each of the three compartments being partitioned by a metallic earthing plate; a first busbar and second busbar extended from an adjacent panel, in the busbar compartment; and a first busbar-connecting bushing and second busbar-connecting bushing making the first and second busbars connectible/disconnectible; a double-breaking three position vacuum switch, two sets of earthing switches, the first busbar-connecting bushing, and the second busbar-connecting bushing being integrally molded to form a switch provided on an electrical phase-by phase basis independently, wherein the switches for three phases are arranged in order side by side in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shuichi Kikukawa, Kenji Tsuchiya, Yuuko Kajiyama, Daisuke Sugai
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Patent number: 8400759Abstract: The invention relates to a gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear, comprising at least one bus bar with three phase conductors, whereby each phase conductor is connected to the input of a respectively provided bus bar section. The phase conductor and the bus bar section are arranged in a three-phase bus bar module with three single-phase power switches, each arranged in a separate power switch housing and each bus bar section is connected at the output therefrom to a respectively provided power switch.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Thomas Betz, Carlo Granata, Ilango Gnanadhandapani
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Patent number: 8254088Abstract: It is an object to provide gas-insulated switchgear that occupies less installation space, in which the number of bellows to be used can be reduced, and that can minimize a work range in disassembling at addition or accident, and in reassembling. In double-bus gas-insulated switchgear in which a bus-side device is arranged above a breaker to reduce installation space to be occupied, a bellows is arranged between bus-side devices arranged vertically to each other, and under a support frame of the breaker, another support frame that can be separated therefrom is arranged, thereby enabling disassembling of a lower bus-side device alone.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahito Tanaka, Osamu Kisanuki
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Publication number: 20120120558Abstract: A circuit breaker assembly includes a housing, a trip mechanism, a vent channel, and a chamber. The trip mechanism is positioned within the housing can causes a movable contact to separate from a second contact in response to detection by the circuit breaker assembly of an electrical fault. The vent channel is formed in the housing and positioned to exhaust gas and debris produced as the movable contact separates from the second contact during the electrical fault to an aperture in the housing. The chamber has a chamber housing coupled to the housing adjacent the aperture such that the chamber receives the gas and debris exiting the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Rodney D. Raabe, David W. Barenz, William J. Broghammer
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Patent number: 8111503Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear allowing reduction in layout dimension in a direction of axis lines of circuit breakers and also reduction in layout dimension in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the axis lines of the circuit breakers, thereby allowing reduction in installation area. Between two main buses disposed in parallel, first, second and third circuit breakers are disposed as being aligned so that each axis line is orthogonal to a direction of axis lines of the main buses. A branch line drawn from a portion between the first and second circuit breakers and a branch line drawn from a portion between the second and third circuit breakers are connected to respective cable heads. The centers of the cable heads are configured so as to be positioned on a straight line orthogonal to the direction of the axis lines of the main buses.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Masanori Osumi
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Patent number: 8027152Abstract: The invention relates to a gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear, comprising at least one bus bar with three phase conductors, whereby each phase conductor is connected to the input of a respectively provided bus bar section. The phase conductor and the bus bar section are arranged in a three-phase bus bar module with three single-phase power switches, each arranged in a separate power switch housing and each bus bar section is connected at the output therefrom to a respectively provided power switch.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Thomas Betz, Carlo Granata, Ilango Gnanadhandapani
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Patent number: 8000087Abstract: Each integral unit is structured by arranging partial units (I), (II), and (Ill) side by side, while line-side devices are branched from positions between the partial units adjacent to each other. Each of the partial units is structured by connecting a current transformer and a disconnector in sequence to each of upper and lower outlets horizontally drawn out from a lateral face of a vertical-type circuit breaker in the same direction. Any two partial units positioned adjacent to each other are connected in series by connecting the disconnectors included therein with a connection bus. The line-side devices are positioned to oppose the circuit breakers while the disconnectors are interposed therebetween. The switchgear includes a plurality of integral units. Two ends of each of the integral units are respectively connected to two main buses that are provided in an upper position and a lower position while the disconnectors are interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Fujita, Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni
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Patent number: 7944680Abstract: A metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear assembly includes a three-phase encapsulated busbar housing, at least one busbar disposed in the housing, and at least three single-phase-encapsulated circuit breakers disposed horizontally. The assembly further includes a busbar splitting module having at least one three-phase connecting flange configured to connect to the busbar housing and at least three single-phase connecting flanges pointing downward configured to connect to the at least three single-phase-encapsulated circuit breakers and an outgoer splitting module having at least one three-phase flange and at least three single-phase flanges pointing downward and configured to connect the at least three single-phase-encapsulated circuit breakers to a three-phase-encapsulated outgoer housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Thomas Betz, Gnanadhandapani Ilango, Carlo Granata, Wolfgang Wilhelm
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Patent number: 7848084Abstract: A gas-insulated equipment such as a gas-insulated switchgear provided according to the invention can efficiently improve dielectric strength of an entire electrode system considering electric field distribution of the electrodes and conductors and improving insulation coordination so that miniaturization of the entire device can be achieved. The gas-insulated switchgear includes insulating gas sealed within an earth metal container and an insulating spacer insulating and supporting high-voltage receiving portions. Surfaces of shielding electrodes having a larger diameter than that of high-voltage conductors are covered with thick dielectric coatings, and surfaces of the high-voltage conductors are covered with thin dielectric coatings.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Hama, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Takuya Otsuka, Kiyoshi Inami, Eiichi Nagao
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Patent number: 7835140Abstract: The present invention provides a gas-insulated electric apparatus which includes: a vertically-arranged gas insulation main tank; a first gas insulation branch pipe connected to and making right angle with the gas insulation main tank; a second gas insulation branch pipe connected to and making right angle with the gas insulation main tank; a breaker manipulator which is arranged on an upper side of the main tank, a feeder-side current transformer which is incorporated in the first gas insulation branch pipe; a voltage transformer arranged on the first gas insulation branch pipe; and an arrestor arranged on the first gas insulation branch pipe and connected with the feeder.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masataka Mori, Takehito Yanai, Takuya Otsuka
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Patent number: 7796374Abstract: A power switchgear includes a circuit breaker including a container filled with an insulating gas, a stationary contact arranged in the container, and a movable contact that makes a movement to make contact with the stationary contact; an operation unit including a biasing member, and opens and closes the circuit breaker; and a linkage unit that transmits an biasing force of the biasing member to the circuit breaker. The linkage unit includes a rotary shaft, a lever including an engaging hole to be engaged with an outer periphery of the rotary shaft, and a pressing member that presses the rotary shaft onto an inner periphery of the engaging hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomohito Mori, Kyoichi Otsuka
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Patent number: 7764486Abstract: A gas-insulated power apparatus comprising a vertically arranged gas-insulated circuit breaker included in a vertically arranged gas-insulated main tank, a first gas-insulated branch pipe connected to one side of an upper portion of the gas-insulated main tank substantially orthogonal to a direction of extending the gas-insulated main tank and leading out a feeder from a movable side of the gas-insulated circuit breaker, and a second and a third gas-insulated branch pipes which are respectively connected to both sides in a peripheral direction of a lower portion of the gas-insulated main tank substantially orthogonal to the direction of extending the gas-insulated main tank, one of which connects a fixed side of the gas-insulated circuit breaker to one gas-insulated Y bus of gas-insulated double buses and other of which connects the fixed side of the gas-insulated circuit breaker to other gas-insulated X bus of the gas-insulated double buses, respectively, by which a gas-insulated power apparatus having a strType: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Daisuke Fujita
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Patent number: 7742283Abstract: A gas-insulated equipment such as a gas-insulated switchgear provided according to the invention can efficiently improve dielectric strength of an entire electrode system considering electric field distribution of the electrodes and conductors and improving insulation coordination so that miniaturization of the entire device can be achieved. The gas-insulated switchgear includes insulating gas sealed within an earth metal container and an insulating spacer insulating and supporting high-voltage receiving portions. Surfaces of shielding electrodes having a larger diameter than that of high-voltage conductors are covered with thick dielectric coatings, and surfaces of the high-voltage conductors are covered with thin dielectric coatings.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Hama, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Takuya Otsuka, Kiyoshi Inami, Eiichi Nagao
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Publication number: 20100014218Abstract: A power switchgear includes a circuit breaker including a container filled with an insulating gas, a stationary contact arranged in the container, and a movable contact that makes a movement to make contact with the stationary contact; an operation unit including a biasing member, and opens and closes the circuit breaker; and a linkage unit that transmits an biasing force of the biasing member to the circuit breaker. The linkage unit includes a rotary shaft, a lever including an engaging hole to be engaged with an outer periphery of the rotary shaft, and a pressing member that presses the rotary shaft onto an inner periphery of the engaging hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomohito MORI, Kyoichi OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20090161300Abstract: A circuit board for direct dissipation of heat energy from the installed electronic devices to facilitate the fabrication of a light-weight design of electronic product is disclosed to include a heat sink, a first insulating layer and a circuit layout. The heat sink has a working fluid contained in an enclosed chamber inside an envelope and a wick layer fixedly attached to the inner surface of the enclosed chamber for absorbing the working fluid. The first insulating layer is covered on the envelope of the heat sink. The circuit layout is arranged on a surface of the first insulating layer opposite to the envelope of the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventor: Yeh-Hsun CHOU
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Publication number: 20090154069Abstract: A gas-insulated power apparatus comprising a vertically arranged gas-insulated circuit breaker included in a vertically arranged gas-insulated main tank, a first gas-insulated branch pipe connected to one side of an upper portion of the gas-insulated main tank substantially orthogonal to a direction of extending the gas-insulated main tank and leading out a feeder from a movable side of the gas-insulated circuit breaker, and a second and a third gas-insulated branch pipes which are respectively connected to both sides in a peripheral direction of a lower portion of the gas-insulated main tank substantially orthogonal to the direction of extending the gas-insulated main tank, one of which connects a fixed side of the gas-insulated circuit breaker to one gas-insulated Y bus of gas-insulated double buses and other of which connects the fixed side of the gas-insulated circuit breaker to other gas-insulated X bus of the gas-insulated double buses, respectively, by which a gas-insulated power apparatus having a strType: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Daisuke Fujita
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Patent number: 7417846Abstract: For simple structure and easy manufacture, module tanks have a common standardized size so that the same tank is applicable even when the components to be accommodated are changed. The basic structure of the module is arranged so that all of the interrupter, the disconnector with the grounding switch, the bus bar bushing, the cable connecting bushing and the gas section spacer can be mounted, and necessary main circuit components depending upon the circuit to be used are left behind and unnecessary main circuit components are short-circuited by a short-circuiting conductor, and that the tank opening portions are either left un-worked during manufacture or closed by a cover. The bus bar bushings and the cable connecting bushings are attached at the rear face of the tank and the gas section spacer is disposed on the top or bottom face of the tank. A lightning arrester in lieu of interrupter may be accommodated within an insulating cylinder housing the main circuit of the interrupter.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2003Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiro Arioka
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Patent number: 7075778Abstract: A hybrid gas-insulated switchgear constitutes an electrical circuit for a single-line diagram unit by arranging one first standardized module and two second standardized modules in a single row such that the central axes of tanks are generally aligned and electrically connecting them to each other. In the standardized modules, a circuit breaker and disconnecting switches are housed inside the tanks such that the disconnecting switches are positioned at first and second ends of the circuit breaker so as to line up generally in a straight line, and grounding switches are connected between the circuit breaker and the disconnecting switches.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kosuke Abe
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Patent number: 6865072Abstract: A tank filled with an insulating gas accommodates insulator tubes incorporating vacuum-valve breakers for individual phases. One end of each insulator tube is fixed to the inside of the tank. Each vacuum-valve breaker is installed generally on a common longitudinal axis with the corresponding insulator tube so that a movable electrode rod is directed toward a fixed end of the insulator tube. The insulator tube has as an integral part a bus line fixing portion projecting in a direction intersecting the longitudinal axis of the insulator tube from the proximity of an end opposite to the fixed end, supporting a bus-side conductor in an insulated fashion.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Sato, Takao Tsurimoto, Kenichi Koyama, Masahiro Arioka
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Patent number: 6831828Abstract: A compact and economical gas-insulated switchgear is provided. The gas-insulated switchgear includes: a grounding metal housing 1 filled with insulating gas, and in which the disconnector part 2 having a moving side electrode part 2a and a stationary side electrode part 2b is accommodated; and composite insulating shields 17a, 17b integrally formed into one metal-dielectric member in which surface of a high electric field part located in the vicinity of ends of openings is coated with a dielectric so as to cover the moving side and stationary side electrode parts 2a and 2b with the dielectric. To form the composite insulating shields 17a, 17b, a metal shield of less than 0.6 in non-uniform constant before coating with the dielectric is coated with dielectrics 18a, 18b having a thickness of not more than approximately 30% of an inter-electrode distance from a facing electric-field relaxation shield.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: TMT&D CorporationInventors: Hirohide Aoki, Hiroyuki Hama, Takuya Ootsuka, Kouichi Oosumi, Yoshinori Shimizu, Kiyoshi Inami
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Patent number: 6614648Abstract: In a gas insulated switchgear device, a phase transposing unit for bus line conductors is provided in a bus line tank without providing a separate bus line extending unit. A bus line container includes a plurality of tanks connected in a straight line shape in which three phase main bus line conductors are accommodated. The container also includes connecting ports through which conductors can be connected. Terminal portions near the connecting portions of respective phases of the three phase bus line conductors in at least one of the tanks are extended so as to match an arrangement position of three phase bus line conductors in an adjacent tank.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuuichirou Yamane, Kenji Tsuchiya, Youichirou Taniguchi
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Patent number: 6563696Abstract: A connect and disconnect assembly for connecting and disconnecting a laser diode having leads to a printed circuit board (PCB). The assembly includes a heatsink that connects with the printed circuit board by providing cap screws through the PCB which are threadably received in spacers connected to the heatsink. A connection assembly made up of a retainer block and screws connects the laser diode to the heatsink. The laser diode is provided through a cutout portion of the PCB, and connects to the heatsink by providing the screws through the retainer block and the laser diode, the screws being threadably received in the heatsink. A pair of fuzz button carriers are interposed between the laser diode and the PCB. Each fuzz button carrier has a body portion, spaced guide portions extending above the body portion, and fuzz buttons extending through the body portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Ciena CorporationInventors: David B. Harris, Edward J. Jablonski, Thomas A. Walter, Richard L. Anderson, Jr.
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Patent number: 6560091Abstract: In order to shorten the length of connection buses and reduce a cost, in the present invention, a plurality of T-branched circuit breaker units 12 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the T-branch direction, and the plurality of circuit breaker units 12 are connected by first connection bus units 14 and second connection bus units 15 in series alternately in a rectangular wave shape on a horizontal plane of approximately the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units 12. Thereby, first connection buses 5 and second connection buses 6 are stretched around on the horizontal plane of the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units 12, but not stretched around in an up and down direction. Therefore, the length of the connection buses can be reduced, and the cost also can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Takahoshi, Keiichi Tsuzura, Ryoichi Shinohara, Rei Henmi, Yoriyuki Aiko, Shunji Ito
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Patent number: 6556428Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear includes a plurality of T-branched circuit breaker units arranged in a direction perpendicular to the T-branch direction, and connected by first connection bus units and second connection bus units in series alternately in a rectangular wave shape on a horizontal plane of approximately the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units. First connection buses and second connection buses are arranged around on the horizontal plane of the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units, but are not arranged in an up and down direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Takahoshi, Keiichi Tsuzura, Ryoichi Shinohara, Rei Henmi, Yoriyuki Aiko, Shunji Ito
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Patent number: 6538877Abstract: To provide a gas insulation switch reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance, the present invention uses SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having a switching unit of the breaker 5, the disconnecting switches 3, 4, and 8, and the grounding switches 6, 7; and 9, for example, the line unit 190 and uses gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas, for example, nitrogen gas 23, or air as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having no switching unit, for example, the main bus units 100 and 110 and the connection bus unit 160.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2002Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tokio Yamagiwa, Hiroki Honma, Koji Sasaki
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Patent number: 6373687Abstract: To provide a gas insulation switch reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance, the present invention uses SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having a switching unit of the breaker 5, the disconnecting switches 3, 4, and 8, and the grounding switches 6, 7, and 9, for example, the line unit 190 and uses gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas, for example, nitrogen gas 23, or air as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having no switching unit, for example, the main bus units 100 and 110 and the connection bus unit 160.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tokio Yamagiwa, Hiroki Honma, Koji Sasaki
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Patent number: 6292356Abstract: A gas insulation switch has a container charged with insulating gas which contains an electric conductor and at least a pair of contactors. The container is divided into a plurality of sections. For the sections which have no switching devices or separable contactors, a different insulating gas is used as compared with that for the sections having breakers or separable contactors. In particular, in the section of the container, such as a grounding tank, that contains only electric conductors without separable contactors, an insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient or global warming coefficient than that of SF6 gases is used. On the other hand, for the section of the grounding tank which contains a breaker or switch having separable contactors, an SF6 insulating gas is used.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tokio Yamagiwa, Hiroki Honma, Koji Sasaki
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Patent number: 5991148Abstract: This metal-enclosed, gas-insulated switchgear assembly is provided with at least one multiphase switch panel which is mounted on a foundation surface (8), with in each case at least one power breaker (1, 2, 3) per phase which extends along a longitudinal axis (4, 5, 6), these longitudinal axes (4, 5, 6) being arranged in a first plane, with at least one busbar system which is arranged in at least a second plane and extends along busbar axes (13, 14, 15) and in which the busbar axes (13, 14, 15) have a distance (s) between them. The distance between centers between a first connecting stub (16, 17, 18) and a second connecting stub (25, 26, 27) of the power breaker (1, 2, 3) is at least three times and at most four times as great as the distance (s) between the busbar axes (13, 14, 15). The power breakers (1, 2, 3) may be arranged offset and aligned in a row, resulting in very compact switch panels.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1998Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AGInventors: Franz Heil, Piero Tecchio
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Patent number: 5502435Abstract: A method and system are provided for monitoring the pressure of gas in a gas filled circuit breaker container based on a temperature compensated gas pressure signal which is compared with a signal representing a desired gas pressure in the container to provide a signal indicating a gas leak when the actual pressure is less than the desired pressure. In addition to identifying a gas leak, the method and system is operable to deactivate the circuit breaker when the actual pressure decreases below a predetermined low pressure, to determine the gas leak rate and to deactivate the circuit breaker if the leak rate is greater than a predetermined acceptable rate and, otherwise, to determine the time required for the pressure to decrease to the unacceptable low pressure, and to activate an alarm, visual display and/or recording of information in response to certain detected conditions with respect to the gas pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1994Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Inventor: Douglas E. Ralston