Polyphase Patents (Class 218/71)
  • Patent number: 11615906
    Abstract: A transformer includes an outer cabinet and an inner tank. The outer cabinet includes a base configured to be installed below ground level, a housing wall configured to be installed at least partially below ground level, and a sill coupled to the housing wall and configured to be installed above ground level. The sill includes a top access opening between an interior space of the outer cabinet and an exterior of the outer cabinet. The inner tank is disposed on the base at least partially below ground level and includes an active part including a transformer circuit. The inner tank includes a plurality of terminals electrically coupled to the active part, each terminal extending from the inner tank into the interior space of the outer cabinet along a respective terminal axis that passes through the top access opening at a respective upward angle with respect to ground level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Bruce Purcell, Shane Corlman, Simon Grbec
  • Patent number: 6624372
    Abstract: A gas insulation switchgear having a lowered overall height is provided. The height of the gas insulation switchgear can be lowered by constructing the gas insulation switchgear so as to comprise a breaker unit 13 horizontally arranged in the lower side and containing a conductor for one phase in a container; an actuator 41 arranged in the axial direction of the breaker unit 13; and a main bus isolator unit 4 horizontally arranged in both sides of a bus side connecting conductor 46 through the bus side connecting conductor 46 arranged vertically and connected to the breaker unit 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takemasa Ogawa, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Mamoru Okabe
  • 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