Gas Insulated Patents (Class 361/618)
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Patent number: 11888295Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Nakauchi, Manabu Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11005241Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Frédéric Loray, Hervé Dulphy, Ariel Satin
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Patent number: 9318887Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Fukuoka, Hiroshi Isoya, Tadahiro Yoshida, Yoshiharu Irie
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Patent number: 9057742Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Stephane Furlano, Sebastien Brunet, Frederic Toti-Buttin, Venanzio Ferraro, Somesha Somegowda
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Publication number: 20150131207Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Hajime Urai, Yasuaki Aoyama, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Tatsuro Kato, Ayumu Morita, Toshiaki Rokunohe, Yoichi Oshita
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Patent number: 8922977Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Robert Faber
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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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Publication number: 20140321031Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Axel Kramer, Thomas Alfred Paul
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Publication number: 20140307366Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Masahiro Arioka, Toru Nakanishi, Tetsuya Sato
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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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Publication number: 20140247536Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: EATON INDUSTRIES (NETHERLANDS) B.V.Inventors: Johan Dinant Heilersig, Paolo D'amico, Peter Hornok, Marcel Van Dijk
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Publication number: 20140211378Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyung Choon KIM
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Patent number: 8717742Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Min Hyung Kim
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Publication number: 20140078648Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyung Choon Kim
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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: 8587930Abstract: 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 fitType: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Shimizu, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Masato Kawahigashi
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Publication number: 20130279083Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Robert Faber
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Publication number: 20130279084Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi Harada, Masato Kawahigashi
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Patent number: 8552297Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Diego Sologuren-Sanchez, Markus Keller
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Publication number: 20130215555Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC ENERGY FRANCEInventors: Yannick Kieffel, Daniel Piccoz, Alain Girodet
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Publication number: 20130201607Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Manfred Meinherz, Sascha Meinherz
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Publication number: 20130170104Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Min Hyung KIM
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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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Publication number: 20130033798Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2010Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masato Kawahigashi, Takashi Harada
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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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Patent number: 8228665Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 1, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Fujita, Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni
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Patent number: 8189323Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takao Tsurimoto, Takashi Miyamoto, Manabu Yoshimura, Osamu Kisanuki, Yoshinori Shimizu
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Patent number: 8173896Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takashi Miyamoto, Takao Tsurimoto, Manabu Yoshimura, Yoshinori Shimizu, Osamu Kisanuki
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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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Publication number: 20120002351Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: JAPAN AE POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Inami, Chikara Fusjisawa
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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: 7990688Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hironori Yanaga, Yasunori Sanada
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Publication number: 20110149481Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Takahashi, Mitsuru Tsukima, Hitoshi Sadakuni
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Patent number: 7952855Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia ASInventors: Rune Sletten, Tor-Odd Rønhovd, Alf G. Hay
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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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Publication number: 20110096468Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventor: Harald Fink
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Patent number: 7903394Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Sadakuni, Nobuya Nakajima, Masato Kawahigashi
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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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Publication number: 20100259870Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahito Tanaka, Osamu Kisanuki
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Publication number: 20100238610Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Fujita, Takuya Otsuka, Hitoshi Sadakuni
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Patent number: 7787097Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Tasuku Satoh
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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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Publication number: 20100149730Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2007Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Masanori Osumi
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Patent number: 7675738Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masayuki Fukunaga, Masayuki Kosakada, Nobuaki Okanari
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Publication number: 20090284901Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2007Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: Vetco Gray Scandinavia ASInventors: Rune Sletten, Tor-Odd Rønhovd, Alf Gerhard Hay
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Publication number: 20090109604Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2006Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicants: TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY, TOSOH F-TECH, INC.Inventors: Satoru Yanabu, Hiromi Odaka
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Patent number: 7515401Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Inventors: Mikael Wikström, Martin Grip
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Patent number: 7417847Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: ABB Technology AGInventors: Ales Vrana, Miguel Garcia, Walter Holaus, Urs Baur
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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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Publication number: 20080186012Abstract: Multi-phase, gas insulated electrical switchgear with optical voltage and/or current sensors are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: NxtPhase T&D CorporationInventors: Farnoosh Rahmatian, James N. Blake