Gas Insulated Patents (Class 361/618)
  • Patent number: 11888295
    Abstract: A gas insulated apparatus includes: a grounded metal tank in which an insulating gas is enclosed; a conductor disposed in the tank, voltage being applied to the conductor; and a non-linear resistance layer disposed on at least part of an inner surface of the tank and made from an insulating material containing a particle of a non-linear resistance material, the non-linear resistance material being conductive when voltage higher than or equal to a threshold is applied. The non-linear resistance layer has a thickness that is larger than a sum of a thickness of a conductive portion and a particle diameter of the non-linear resistance material, the conductive portion being a portion of the non-linear resistance layer that is conductive when voltage higher than or equal to the threshold is applied to a metal foreign object on the non-linear resistance layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Nakauchi, Manabu Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11005241
    Abstract: A method of distributing an electrically insulating liquefied gas mixture to high-voltage electrical equipment from a storage means containing an insulating gas mixture, including: heating the insulating gas mixture to a temperature such that the contents of the storage means are a homogeneous fluid; and withdrawing the insulating mixture resulting from step a) to fill high-voltage electrical equipment by raising the temperature of the mixture resulting from step a), wherein, during step b), a set value for regulation is applied at variable pressure, calculated in real time based on weighing the storage means, when the change in the set value of pressure is less than 0.2 bar per 1 kg/m3 of change in density, and then a set value for regulation is applied at constant temperature until the storage means is emptied of its content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Frédéric Loray, Hervé Dulphy, Ariel Satin
  • Patent number: 9318887
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a resin molded bushing which can easily perform positioning of an electric field relaxation shield in a switchgear. The resin molded bushing includes: an electric field relaxation shield which concentrically surrounds the outer periphery of an internal conductor made of conductor; a cast resin which covers the internal conductor and the electric field relaxation shield; and an elastic member which is disposed on the outer periphery of the electric field relaxation shield and is embedded in the cast resin. The height of the elastic member is equal to the thickness of the cast resin which covers the electric field relaxation shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Fukuoka, Hiroshi Isoya, Tadahiro Yoshida, Yoshiharu Irie
  • Patent number: 9057742
    Abstract: The design of a functional measuring group for a medium-voltage substation has been optimized to make the product compact and robust in terms of internal arc, and also to favour complete accessibility to the measurement sensors. In particular, the voltage sensors are located in a vertical plane directly accessible via the front panel of the group, and the current sensors are located in the rear housing of the group, being directly accessible via the top of the group. In addition to being placed in an insulated compartment, the voltage sensors are insulated and shielded, and their connection terminals are designed for connection by cable with a flat interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Furlano, Sebastien Brunet, Frederic Toti-Buttin, Venanzio Ferraro, Somesha Somegowda
  • Publication number: 20150131207
    Abstract: An object is to provide a switchgear having a simple structure. To solve the problem, a switchgear according to the invention is characterized by having a fixed side electrode 3, a movable side electrode 4 configured to come into contact with or separate from the fixed side electrode 3, and an operating mechanism configured to allow drive force for movement of the movable side electrode 4 to be generated, wherein the operating mechanism for operating the movable side electrode 4 includes one operating mechanism, and the one operating mechanism allows the movable side electrode 4 to stop at three or more positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hajime Urai, Yasuaki Aoyama, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Tatsuro Kato, Ayumu Morita, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Yoichi Oshita
  • Patent number: 8922977
    Abstract: In an electrical distribution cabinet a mechanism providing quick, reliable, passive arc blast control has a flue chamber surrounding the likely arc site such as an electrical connection point. The flue chamber provides a flue channel which lengthens the arc and attenuates the current and temperature until the arc is extinguished. Preferably, the flue chamber and channel are formed of opposable open-faced polyhedral structures, one fitting inside the other. The mechanism is particularly suited for draw-out circuit breaker connections in a switch gear cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Robert Faber
  • Patent number: 8885327
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Kawahigashi, Takashi Harada
  • Publication number: 20140321031
    Abstract: A method and device for operating a fluid-insulated electrical apparatus. The insulation fluid of the electrical apparatus includes at least two components. The method includes the step of determining a physical state of the insulation fluid by measuring at least three measurement variables with sensors. The method further includes the step of deriving trend variables indicative of changes over time for the measurement variables and/or for characterizing variables. These characterizing variables are derived from the measurement variables by using a relating equation, such as an equation of state, and are also indicative of the physical state of the insulation fluid. By testing for specific patterns of the trend variables, an operating state of the electrical apparatus is determined. The possible operating states correspond to specific and distinguishable non-fault and fault scenarios for the electrical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Axel Kramer, Thomas Alfred Paul
  • Publication number: 20140307366
    Abstract: In a switchgear in which cables are used on both of the input side and the output side for connection between a main circuit and an external main circuit, a circuit breaker and connection conductors of the switchgear are stored in a box-shaped pressure tank together with insulating gas; an operating mechanism that performs opening and closing operation of the circuit breaker and a first cable connection portion that is connected to the connection conductors are attached to one face of the pressure tank; and a second cable connection portion that is connected to the connection conductors is attached to the other face of the pressure tank, the other face being parallel with respect to a direction connecting the operating mechanism and the circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Masahiro Arioka, Toru Nakanishi, Tetsuya Sato
  • Patent number: 8848345
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Diego Sologuren-Sanchez, Tilo Bolli, Walter Holaus
  • Publication number: 20140247536
    Abstract: A switching installation includes a gas tight housing with at least one wall part. An input conductor disposed in the housing is configured to carry an input voltage. An insulation is arranged around the input conductor so as to insulate the input conductor from the housing. A short-circuit device is changeable from a first condition, in which the insulation is insulating the input conductor from the housing, to a second condition, in which an electrical short circuit connection is created through the insulation between the input conductor and an auxiliary connection. An actuator is coupled to the at least one wall part of the gas tight housing and is configured to actuate the short-circuit device as a result of movement of the wall part caused by a pressure increase in the housing. A threshold device is configured to provide a preset threshold in the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: EATON INDUSTRIES (NETHERLANDS) B.V.
    Inventors: Johan Dinant Heilersig, Paolo D'amico, Peter Hornok, Marcel Van Dijk
  • Publication number: 20140211378
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear including a circuit breaker, a first through third switches, a voltage transformer, a cable head, a gas insulated busbar unit, and first and second current transformers is provided. The gas insulated busbar unit is connected with the second current transformer and the first and second switches are connected with a bottom of the gas insulated busbar unit. The third switch is connected with the first current transformer, the cable head is connected with the third switch, and the voltage transformer is connected with a top of the cable head. The first and second current transformers are respectively connected with first and second sides of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyung Choon KIM
  • Patent number: 8717742
    Abstract: A GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) includes a main bus compartment including a main bus-bar unit, a transfer bus compartment including a transfer bus-bar unit, a sealed circuit breaker compartment including a circuit breaker unit and a load side compartment including a current transforming unit and a transfer bus conductor electrically coupling the transfer bus-bar unit and the current transformer unit. The circuit breaker unit is contained in the sealed circuit breaker compartment being separately independent from other compartments. The transfer bus conductor passes from the transfer bus-bar unit through the load side compartment to the current transformer unit without passing through the circuit breaker compartment. The sealed circuit breaker compartment and the load side compartment do not share insulating gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Hyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20140078648
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear includes a support frame, a first fixed conductor being installed on one side of the support frame, a second fixed conductor opposing the first fixed conductor and being installed on another side of the support frame, a screw forming an axis on inner of the support frame and being spaced apart from the first and second fixed conductor, a first movable contact wherein one side of the first movable contact is bent and another side of the first movable contact moves along the axis through a rotation of the screw and a second movable contact wherein one side of the second movable contact is bent and another side of the second movable contact is move along the axis through a rotation of the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyung Choon Kim
  • Patent number: 8605412
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Nakauchi, Osamu Kisanuki
  • Patent number: 8587930
    Abstract: Gas-insulated bus is provided with: current-carrying conductor disposed along axial direction of metallic container that is filled with insulating-gas; shield fitting through which passes current-carrying conductor and that has depressed portion formed on portion of barrel-shaped outer surface; insulating support that has second end thereof fixed in depressed portion of shield fitting and has first end thereof fixed to metallic-container, and that supports current-carrying conductor via shield fitting; internal conductor being implanted in second end of insulating support and being, along with second end, positioned in depressed portion and fixed to shield fitting; and contact being attached to inner surface of shield fitting, being disposed in space formed on inside of shield fitting, and that makes contact with current-carrying conductor so as to maintain shield fitting and current-carrying conductor at same electric potential, wherein internal conductor has such shape that internal conductor and shield fit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shimizu, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Masato Kawahigashi
  • Publication number: 20130279084
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear includes: a circuit breaker; a connection bus bar; a first disconnect switch; a second disconnect switch; a line bus bar; a main bus bar; and an abutment. The circuit breaker includes first and second branch outlets provided on a side surface of a cylindrical circuit breaker tank. The connection bus bar has one end connected to the first branch outlet. The first disconnect switch is connected to the other end of the connection bus bar. The second disconnect switch is connected to the second branch outlet. The line bus bar is led out from the second disconnect switch in a horizontal direction. The main bus bar is arranged above the second disconnect switch coaxially with the second branch outlet. The abutment is fixed to a top portion of the second disconnect switch and supports the main bus bar from below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Harada, Masato Kawahigashi
  • Publication number: 20130279083
    Abstract: In an electrical distribution cabinet a mechanism providing quick, reliable, passive arc blast control has a flue chamber surrounding the likely arc site such as an electrical connection point. The flue chamber provides a flue channel which lengthens the arc and attenuates the current and temperature until the arc is extinguished. Preferably, the flue chamber and channel are formed of opposable open-faced polyhedral structures, one fitting inside the other. The mechanism is particularly suited for draw-out circuit breaker connections in a switch gear cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Robert Faber
  • Patent number: 8552297
    Abstract: An insulation spacer for a gas insulated device includes an insulator disc and an armature extending around an outer periphery of the insulator disc and holding the same. The armature is ring-shaped defining a ring axis and includes two ring base surfaces extending substantially perpendicularly to the ring axis; and a ring inner surface being arranged between the two ring base surfaces and facing the ring axis. Further, the ring inner surface includes at least one protrusion directed radially inwardly towards the ring axis, the at least one protrusion being shaped such that it locks the insulator disc in the armature against movement in both directions parallel to the ring axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Diego Sologuren-Sanchez, Markus Keller
  • Publication number: 20130215555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to switchgear for breaking a medium- or high-voltage electric current, which switchgear comprises a leaktight enclosure in which electrical components are found as well as a gaseous medium for extinguishing the electric arcs likely to occur in said enclosure, and which switchgear is characterized in that: the gaseous medium comprises at least one fluoroketone alone or in a mixture with at least one gas that does not form part of the fluoroketone family; the fluoroketone is present in the enclosure in part in the liquid state and in part in the gaseous state; and in that the enclosure further comprises means for absorbing molecular species that form after the ionization experienced by said fluoroketone during arcing. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing said switchgear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC ENERGY FRANCE
    Inventors: Yannick Kieffel, Daniel Piccoz, Alain Girodet
  • Publication number: 20130201607
    Abstract: A compressed-gas-insulated polyphase switch panel includes a circuit-breaker module. The circuit-breaker module is equipped with a first connection side and a second connection side. The first connection side is connected to a busbar module. The second connection side is connected to a bushing module. The bushing module and the busbar module have polyphase compressed-gas-insulated phase conductor sections. The circuit-breaker module is respectively connected through connection modules to the busbar module and to the bushing module. Each of the connection modules includes single-phase compressed-gas-insulated phase conductor sections. The circuit-breaker module likewise has single-phase compressed-gas-insulated phase conductor sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Manfred Meinherz, Sascha Meinherz
  • Publication number: 20130170104
    Abstract: A GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) includes a main bus compartment including a main bus-bar unit, a transfer bus compartment including a transfer bus-bar unit, a sealed circuit breaker compartment including a circuit breaker unit and a load side compartment including a current transforming unit and a transfer bus conductor electrically coupling the transfer bus-bar unit and the current transformer unit. The circuit breaker unit is contained in the sealed circuit breaker compartment being separately independent from other compartments. The transfer bus conductor passes from the transfer bus-bar unit through the load side compartment to the current transformer unit without passing through the circuit breaker compartment. The sealed circuit breaker compartment and the load side compartment do not share insulating gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Hyung KIM
  • Patent number: 8411418
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kikukawa, Kenji Tsuchiya, Yuuko Kajiyama, Daisuke Sugai
  • Publication number: 20130033798
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Kawahigashi, Takashi Harada
  • Patent number: 8254088
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Tanaka, Osamu Kisanuki
  • Patent number: 8228665
    Abstract: The object is to provide ring-bus-type gas insulated switchgear that ensures maintenance and inspection performance, reduces the installation space, and further reduces costs. Each of a plurality of breaker units is formed by connecting an instrument current transformer and a disconnector to each of the upper and lower branch ports drawn horizontally from the side surface of a vertical breaker in the same direction, and the breaker units are arranged in parallel. Adjacent disconnectors are connected to each other by a connection bus, so that the bus route runs alternately at upper and lower levels. Furthermore, the breaker units positioned at the two ends are connected linearly to each other by a communication bus. In addition, the line-side devices are arranged to face the corresponding breaker units across the disconnectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujita, Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni
  • Patent number: 8189323
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear apparatus includes a center conductor 2, a current transformer 4 surrounding the center conductor 2, an electric field shield 5, and a metallic vessel 1. The electric field shield 5 is located between the center conductor 2 and the current transformer 4 and surrounds the center conductor 2. The current transformer 4 and the electric field shield 5 constitute a tubular part that outputs a signal representing an electric physical quantity. The metallic vessel 1 is filled with an insulating gas 19. The tubular part has an opening 6 formed therein. In a posture in which the center axis of the tubular part about which the tubular part surrounds the center conductor 2 is substantially horizontal, the opening 6 is located in a surface of the tubular part, which surface is included in a lower portion of the tubular part and faces the center conductor 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Tsurimoto, Takashi Miyamoto, Manabu Yoshimura, Osamu Kisanuki, Yoshinori Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8173896
    Abstract: A fluid-insulated electrical apparatus includes a grounded tank which is an airtight metal vessel filled with an insulating fluid. A conductor to which a high voltage is applied is disposed in the grounded tank. A metal plate that is press-processed to have an inclined portion and a groove between adjacent head top portions is fixed to and electrically connected to an inner wall of the grounded tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Takao Tsurimoto, Manabu Yoshimura, Yoshinori Shimizu, Osamu Kisanuki
  • Patent number: 8111503
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Masanori Osumi
  • Publication number: 20120002351
    Abstract: Vertical type tank 1, in which vertical type interrupters 2 for three phases are arranged, has current transformer units 10 and 20. Main sections of current transformer 12 and 22 for three phases are respectively arranged in current transformer units 10 and 20 so that the lines connecting their centers form triangle. Current-carrying conductors 3 and 4 connected to vertical type interrupter 2 are made to pass through main section 12 and 22, respectively. Each of current-carrying conductors 3 and 4 is connected to first and second conductor members 31, 41 and 32, 42, which pass through the main section and connected severally and respectively by connection conductor members 33, 34, and 43, so that the current path on the primary of the current transformer form a two-turn winding. Connection conductor members 33, 34 and 43 of each phase are arranged in the space between main section 12 and 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: JAPAN AE POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Inami, Chikara Fusjisawa
  • Patent number: 8000087
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujita, Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni
  • Patent number: 7990688
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear is provided, which can be made smaller and causes less increase in length in the circuit direction, by means of an improvement to the layout configuration of the operating rod of a bus-use grounding switch. Operating rods of bus-use grounding switches are vertically disposed so as to be substantially perpendicular to the buses, and operating devices are disposed along an extension of the operating rods, respectively. Bus-use voltage transformers are horizontally disposed in such a manner that they vertically overlap each other, and are respectively connected in the circuit breaker direction of the buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hironori Yanaga, Yasunori Sanada
  • Publication number: 20110149481
    Abstract: An object is to provide gas insulated switchgear that is able to inhibit heat generation of a pressure container. Electrically-conductive members that are non-magnetic and have higher electric conductivity than that of the material of which the pressure container is made, are provided on the inside and on the outside of the pressure container, while being positioned along a main bus and being attached via a flange of the pressure container. Thus, eddy current that occurs when an electric current flows through the main bus are caused to flow through the electrically-conductive members having higher electric conductivity than that of the pressure container. Also, a current return path for the eddy current is formed by a flow path including the electrically-conductive members. Consequently, it is possible to reduce the eddy current flowing on the pressure container and to inhibit an increase in the temperature of the pressure container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Tsukima, Hitoshi Sadakuni
  • Patent number: 7952855
    Abstract: A subsea switchgear apparatus including a frame, at least one electrical power inlet mounted to the frame, at least one electrical power outlet mounted to the frame, a distribution chamber mounted to the frame, and at least one canister mounted to the frame. The at least one canister includes a chamber accommodating at least one high voltage circuit breaker. Electrical connections are arranged in the distribution chamber for electrically connecting a respective circuit breaker of a canister to an associated power inlet and power outlet of the switchgear apparatus. The chamber of the respective canister is separated from the distribution chamber by a pressure barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventors: Rune Sletten, Tor-Odd Rønhovd, Alf G. Hay
  • Patent number: 7944680
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Thomas Betz, Gnanadhandapani Ilango, Carlo Granata, Wolfgang Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20110096468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medium voltage switchgear, comprising at least two switchboard sections, as according to the generic part of patent claim 1. According to the invention, a compact construction of a medium voltage switchgear with guaranteed secure insulation within the switchgear housing may be achieved, whereby, within a switchgear housing, at least one load switching field and at least one power switching field are arranged in common, or with a common opposing face and both the load switching field and the power switching field are embodied as vacuum switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Harald Fink
  • Patent number: 7903394
    Abstract: In a gas-insulated switchgear provided with three-phase main bus bars consisting of single-phase bus bars arranged in parallel with one another and three-phase circuit breakers that are arranged in parallel with one another in a direction perpendicular to the main bus bar and each have two connecting terminals that are spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other, the main bus bars are arranged between two connecting terminals of each of the circuit breakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sadakuni, Nobuya Nakajima, Masato Kawahigashi
  • Patent number: 7835140
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Mori, Takehito Yanai, Takuya Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20100259870
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Tanaka, Osamu Kisanuki
  • Publication number: 20100238610
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Fujita, Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni
  • Patent number: 7787097
    Abstract: An anti-deformation structure is formed on the surface of a flexible plate-shaped part. The anti-deformation structure includes protrusions and depressions formed on the surface of the plate-shaped part. The protrusions and depressions has a shape in which adjacent protrusions become in contact with each other in the state when the plate-shaped part is deformed within a range of elastic deformation, restricting further greater deformation, and thus, preventing excessive deformation leading to permanent deformation and raising the resistance to the stress. The flexible base material can be applied to flexible image-displaying devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Tasuku Satoh
  • Patent number: 7764486
    Abstract: 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 str
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Daisuke Fujita
  • Publication number: 20100149730
    Abstract: An object is to provide 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 a main bus 1 and a main bus 2 disposed in parallel, a circuit breaker 3, a circuit breaker 4, and a circuit breaker 5 are disposed as being aligned so that each axis line is orthogonal to a direction of axis lines of the main buses 1 and 2. A branch line drawn from a portion between the circuit breakers 3 and 4 and a branch line drawn from a portion between the circuit breakers 4 and 5 are connected to cable heads 42 and 44, respectively. Then, the center of the cable head 42 and the center of the cable head 44 are configured so as to be positioned on a straight line orthogonal to the direction of the axis lines of the main buses 1 and 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Masanori Osumi
  • Patent number: 7675738
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear has: circuit breakers, circuit breaker vessels, first disconnector and maintenance earthning switches connected to first bus bars connected to circuit breaker vessels and also to main bus bars, second disconnector and maintenance earthning switches connected to second bus bars connected to the circuit breaker vessels, circuit breaker operating mechanisms, first and second disconnector and maintenance earthning switch operating mechanisms, and first and second disconnector and maintenance earthning switch operation links for linking the disconnector and maintenance earthning switches and the operating mechanisms for three phases. The second disconnector and maintenance earthning switch operation links are arranged so as to pass through inter-phases of the first bus bars and the operating panels of the circuit breaker operating mechanism and the first and second disconnector and maintenance earthning switch operating mechanisms of each phase are arranged on a common flat plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki Fukunaga, Masayuki Kosakada, Nobuaki Okanari
  • Publication number: 20090284901
    Abstract: A subsea switchgear apparatus including a frame, at least one electrical power inlet mounted to the frame, at least one electrical power outlet mounted to the frame, a distribution chamber mounted to the frame, and at least one canister mounted to the frame. The at least one canister includes a chamber accommodating at least one high voltage circuit breaker. Electrical connections are arranged in the distribution chamber for electrically connecting a respective circuit breaker of a canister to an associated power inlet and power outlet of the switchgear apparatus. The chamber of the respective canister is separated from the distribution chamber by a pressure barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventors: Rune Sletten, Tor-Odd Rønhovd, Alf Gerhard Hay
  • Publication number: 20090109604
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear is provided which uses an SF6 substitute gas as an insulating gas and thus causes reduced environmental load while achieving high dielectric strength and excellent interrupting performance. The gas insulated switchgear includes a switchgear housed in a container filled with an insulating gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicants: TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY, TOSOH F-TECH, INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Yanabu, Hiromi Odaka
  • Patent number: 7515401
    Abstract: A compact display module for use in electronic devices includes a flat display having a front side with a display surface, and a carrier frame supporting the display. A metal frame is arranged over the front side with an aperture at the display surface. The metal frame has a flat gasket-receiving portion which is parallel to the display surface and extends around the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventors: Mikael Wikström, Martin Grip
  • Patent number: 7417846
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Arioka
  • Patent number: 7417847
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a current transformer (1?) for enclosed, gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear (10). According to the invention, a current transformer (1?) is characterized in that a removable installation flange (12, 12?) is provided on a fill opening (3c) of the core carrier (11) for one-piece current transformer cores (2). Among other things, embodiments pertain to: a removable installation flange (12, 12?) in the form of a two-part clamping flange (12) or in the form of a one-piece rotary flange (12?) that is screwed on the fill opening (3c) similar to a bayonet catch. Among other things, the attained advantages are: radially increased installation space for one-piece current transformer cores (2); reduced diameter (d) for one-piece current transformer cores (2) and reduced structural volume of the current transformer casing (11a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Ales Vrana, Miguel Garcia, Walter Holaus, Urs Baur
  • Publication number: 20080186012
    Abstract: Multi-phase, gas insulated electrical switchgear with optical voltage and/or current sensors are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: NxtPhase T&D Corporation
    Inventors: Farnoosh Rahmatian, James N. Blake