Gas Insulated Patents (Class 361/618)
  • Publication number: 20080049383
    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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Masayuki FUKUNAGA, Masayuki Kosakada, Nobuaki Okanari
  • Patent number: 7158369
    Abstract: Single phase or polyphase switchgear having one or more switches which are mounted with the aid of solid insulation such that they are insulated, as well as associated live components such as rail systems, connectors and the like. Both the switches and the associated live components are housed in a housing enveloping the switches and live components. The enveloping housing is filled with air having a low moisture content and the interior space thereof is sealed with respect to the exterior space around the enveloping housing in such a way that the air present in the housing is not contaminated and will not reach the dew point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Holec Holland N.V.
    Inventor: Arend Jan Willem Lammers
  • Patent number: 6865072
    Abstract: A tank filled with an insulating gas accommodates insulator tubes incorporating vacuum-valve breakers for individual phases. One end of each insulator tube is fixed to the inside of the tank. Each vacuum-valve breaker is installed generally on a common longitudinal axis with the corresponding insulator tube so that a movable electrode rod is directed toward a fixed end of the insulator tube. The insulator tube has as an integral part a bus line fixing portion projecting in a direction intersecting the longitudinal axis of the insulator tube from the proximity of an end opposite to the fixed end, supporting a bus-side conductor in an insulated fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Sato, Takao Tsurimoto, Kenichi Koyama, Masahiro Arioka
  • Patent number: 6831828
    Abstract: A compact and economical gas-insulated switchgear is provided. The gas-insulated switchgear includes: a grounding metal housing 1 filled with insulating gas, and in which the disconnector part 2 having a moving side electrode part 2a and a stationary side electrode part 2b is accommodated; and composite insulating shields 17a, 17b integrally formed into one metal-dielectric member in which surface of a high electric field part located in the vicinity of ends of openings is coated with a dielectric so as to cover the moving side and stationary side electrode parts 2a and 2b with the dielectric. To form the composite insulating shields 17a, 17b, a metal shield of less than 0.6 in non-uniform constant before coating with the dielectric is coated with dielectrics 18a, 18b having a thickness of not more than approximately 30% of an inter-electrode distance from a facing electric-field relaxation shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: TMT&D Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohide Aoki, Hiroyuki Hama, Takuya Ootsuka, Kouichi Oosumi, Yoshinori Shimizu, Kiyoshi Inami
  • Patent number: 6646861
    Abstract: In a gas-insulated switching device capable of reducing the physical installation space while suppressing the installation height of the device, busbar connecting lines are disposed perpendicularly to and between as pair of main busbars to connect the main busbars. Three sets (one set per phase) of three serially connected horizontal broker units are placed in parallel, and each of the main busbars has three busbar units along a portion extending vertically from the end of the busbar connecting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Watanabe, Rei Henmi, Ryouichi Shinohara, Ryouichi Mitsugi, Shunji Ito
  • Patent number: 6631075
    Abstract: The instrumentation transformers 6a to 6d and 7a to 7f for measuring the voltage of the main circuit are arranged within the container 15b located in the midst of the containers 15a to 15c. In the present invention, the containers 15a and 15b are linked by the insulating tube 21a and the primary-side lead lines 49 and 53 connected electrically to the primary-side terminal of the instrumentation transformers 6a and 7a are made routed from the container 15b through the insulating tube 21a to the container 15a, and the containers 15b and 15c are linked by the insulating tube 21b and the primary-side lead lines 51 and 55 connected electrically to the primary-side terminal of the instrumentation transformers 6d and 7e are made routed from the container 15b through the insulating tube 21b to the container 15c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kashima, Satoshi Mizuno, Yasubumi Mutoh
  • Patent number: 6614648
    Abstract: In a gas insulated switchgear device, a phase transposing unit for bus line conductors is provided in a bus line tank without providing a separate bus line extending unit. A bus line container includes a plurality of tanks connected in a straight line shape in which three phase main bus line conductors are accommodated. The container also includes connecting ports through which conductors can be connected. Terminal portions near the connecting portions of respective phases of the three phase bus line conductors in at least one of the tanks are extended so as to match an arrangement position of three phase bus line conductors in an adjacent tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Yamane, Kenji Tsuchiya, Youichirou Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 6560091
    Abstract: In order to shorten the length of connection buses and reduce a cost, in the present invention, a plurality of T-branched circuit breaker units 12 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the T-branch direction, and the plurality of circuit breaker units 12 are connected by first connection bus units 14 and second connection bus units 15 in series alternately in a rectangular wave shape on a horizontal plane of approximately the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units 12. Thereby, first connection buses 5 and second connection buses 6 are stretched around on the horizontal plane of the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units 12, but not stretched around in an up and down direction. Therefore, the length of the connection buses can be reduced, and the cost also can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahoshi, Keiichi Tsuzura, Ryoichi Shinohara, Rei Henmi, Yoriyuki Aiko, Shunji Ito
  • Patent number: 6556428
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear includes a plurality of T-branched circuit breaker units arranged in a direction perpendicular to the T-branch direction, and connected by first connection bus units and second connection bus units in series alternately in a rectangular wave shape on a horizontal plane of approximately the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units. First connection buses and second connection buses are arranged around on the horizontal plane of the same height as the T-branch portions of the circuit breaker units, but are not arranged in an up and down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahoshi, Keiichi Tsuzura, Ryoichi Shinohara, Rei Henmi, Yoriyuki Aiko, Shunji Ito
  • Patent number: 6538877
    Abstract: To provide a gas insulation switch reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance, the present invention uses SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having a switching unit of the breaker 5, the disconnecting switches 3, 4, and 8, and the grounding switches 6, 7; and 9, for example, the line unit 190 and uses gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas, for example, nitrogen gas 23, or air as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having no switching unit, for example, the main bus units 100 and 110 and the connection bus unit 160.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokio Yamagiwa, Hiroki Honma, Koji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6459567
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear comprising bushings mounted to and passing through a vessel wall of the hermetic vessel, each having an outer end connected to an insulated bus conductor at the outside of the hermetic vessel and an inner end connected to the electric device within the hermetic vessel. Each of the bushings has a central axis that is perpendicular to the common axis of the electric device and spaced apart from each other in the direction of extension of the common axis and shifted by a predetermined angle with respect to each other about the common axis. The flat bushing mounting vessel walls are tilted from inside to outside relative to other portion of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Arioka, Hiroshi Isoya, Takakazu Harada
  • Patent number: 6459569
    Abstract: The instrumentation transformers 6a to 6d and 7a to 7f for measuring the voltage of the main circuit are arranged within the container 15b located in the midst of the containers 15a to 15c. In the present invention, the containers 15a and 15b are linked by the insulating tube 21a and the primary-side lead lines 49 and 53 connected electrically to the primary-side terminal of the instrumentation transformers 6a and 7a are made routed from the container 15b through the insulating tube 21a to the container 15a, and the containers 15b and 15c are linked by the insulating tube 21b and the primary-side lead lines 51 and 55 connected electrically to the primary-side terminal of the instrumentation transformers 6d and 7e are made routed from the container 15b through the insulating tube 21b to the container 15c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kashima, Satoshi Mizuno, Yasubumi Mutoh
  • Patent number: 6445569
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear provided with a resin mold bushing for supporting and insulating a main circuit conductor from a ground tank is miniaturized. A container portion 3a is formed by opening an end inside of the tank of a resin mold bushing 3 for supporting and insulating an internal conductor 7 from a ground tank 1 where a breaker 2 and a disconnector are accommodated. A blade-supporting conductor 5 of the disconnector for joining the internal conductor 7 and the disconnector is installed in the container portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Coichi Shichida, Masahiro Arioka
  • Patent number: 6399911
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear of the present invention, a plurality of disconnect switches are provided on a line connecting a bus line to a circuit-breaker in such a manner as to be arranged in both a main bus unit, a breaker unit or in both a first and second insulating gas sections. Accordingly, when an inconvenience occurs in the gas insulated switchgear apparatus and the exchange work of a unit is required, it is possible to exchange the inconvenient damaged unit only by turning the circuit including the inconvenient damaged unit into power supply interruption, that is, without turning a normal circuit unit into power supply interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tsuzura, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Junzo Kida, Minoru Yabuki, Yasuhito Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20020051336
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear provided with a resin mold bushing for supporting and insulating a main circuit conductor from a ground tank is miniaturized. A container portion 3a is formed by opening an end inside of the tank of a resin mold bushing 3 for supporting and insulating an internal conductor 7 from a ground tank 1 where a breaker 2 and a disconnector are accommodated. A blade-supporting conductor 5 of the disconnector for joining the internal conductor 7 and the disconnector is installed in the container portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Coichi Shichida, Masahiro Arioka
  • Patent number: 6373687
    Abstract: To provide a gas insulation switch reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance, the present invention uses SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having a switching unit of the breaker 5, the disconnecting switches 3, 4, and 8, and the grounding switches 6, 7, and 9, for example, the line unit 190 and uses gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas, for example, nitrogen gas 23, or air as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having no switching unit, for example, the main bus units 100 and 110 and the connection bus unit 160.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokio Yamagiwa, Hiroki Honma, Koji Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20020015281
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear comprising bushings mounted to and passing through a vessel wall of the hermetic vessel, each having an outer end connected to an insulated bus conductor at the outside of the hermetic vessel and an inner end connected to the electric device within the hermetic vessel. Each of the bushings has a central axis that is perpendicular to the common axis of the electric device and spaced apart from each other in the direction of extension of the common axis and shifted by a predetermined angle with respect to each other about the common axis. The flat bushing mounting vessel walls are tilted from inside to outside relative to other portion of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Arioka, Hiroshi Isoya, Takakazu Harada
  • Publication number: 20020012226
    Abstract: A gas-insulated switchgear comprising a gas-insulated first hermetic vessel, at least one electric device selected from a group consisting of an interrupter, a disconnector, a grounding switch and a load switch contained within the hermetic vessel. The switchgear also comprises a cable bushing having a first end that passes through and is secured to a lower vessel wall of the first hermetic vessel and connected to the electric device and a second end that is connectable to a cable, and bus conductor bushings mounted to the hermetic vessel. The switchgear may further comprise a second gas-insulated hermetic vessel disposed between the first vessel and the bus conductor, containing a disconnector or a disconnector and a grounding switch together, and an electrically insulated sealed terminal. The switchgear is compact and inexpensive, free from the damegaes by the explosive phenomenon due to the arc short-circuiting faults.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Arioka, Tomotaka Yano
  • Patent number: 6337452
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear includes a bus unit, a breaker unit and a line side unit. An insulating spacer structure attaching at least two of the units together includes an inner flange on a first unit, an outer flange on a second unit, and an insulating spacer positioned between the first and second units. Closed end tapped holes are formed in the inner flange and idle holes are formed in the outer flange, and tapped holes with a larger diameter than that of the tapped holes of the inner flange are formed in the insulating spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tsuzura, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Junzo Kida, Minoru Yabuki
  • Patent number: 6292356
    Abstract: A gas insulation switch has a container charged with insulating gas which contains an electric conductor and at least a pair of contactors. The container is divided into a plurality of sections. For the sections which have no switching devices or separable contactors, a different insulating gas is used as compared with that for the sections having breakers or separable contactors. In particular, in the section of the container, such as a grounding tank, that contains only electric conductors without separable contactors, an insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient or global warming coefficient than that of SF6 gases is used. On the other hand, for the section of the grounding tank which contains a breaker or switch having separable contactors, an SF6 insulating gas is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokio Yamagiwa, Hiroki Honma, Koji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6219225
    Abstract: A gas insulated switch gear has a main bus unit, a circuit breaker unit and a line unit. The line unit has a top plate with a hole through which a potential transformer is inserted into the inside of the line unit and an adapter cover fixed to the potential transformer is connected to the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tsuzura, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Junzo Kida, Minoru Yabuki
  • Patent number: 6205018
    Abstract: With the intention of simplifying the replacement of an operating device (4) of an air insulated switchgear (1) having a power circuit breaker (3), the operating device has been made dockable. By dockable is meant that the operating device can be readily removed from and replaced on the circuit breaker, i.e. can be separated from and connected to the circuit breaker without needing to influence the function thereof. This has been made possible by providing the operating device with guide parts, such as a splined, rotatable outward shaft, and by providing the switchgear with guide parts which correspond to and receive the guide parts on said shaft, for instance a splined hole provided in a shaft for operating the circuit breaker and receiving and cooperating with the splined shaft. In modern switchgear, the operating device is damaged more often than the circuit breaker, and a dockable operating device enables the device to be removed readily without affecting the circuit breaker function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventor: Christer Arnborg
  • Patent number: 6188034
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear includes a bus unit, a breaker unit and a line side unit. An insulating spacer structure attaching at least two of the units together includes an inner flange on a first unit, an outer flange on a second unit, and an insulating spacer positioned between the first and second units. Closed end tapped holes are formed in the inner flange and idle holes are formed in the outer flange, and tapped holes with a larger diameter than that of the tapped holes of the inner flange are formed in the insulating spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tsuzura, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Junzo Kida, Minoru Yabuki
  • Patent number: 6134100
    Abstract: The encapsulation (1) of a gas-insulated switchgear assembly is supported at both ends (7, 9) on a foundation (11). To this end, mounting device (12) are provided at the first end (7) and are anchored in the foundation (11) such that they cannot move. At the second end (9), the mounting device (13) are designed such that they can move with respect to the foundation (11), in the longitudinal direction of the encapsulation (1). This avoids mechanical stresses in the assembly. A force absorbing member is also provided at the first end (7), which transmits horizontal forces from the encapsulation (1) to the foundation (11), and thus relieves the load on the mounting device (12, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Heinz Hageli, Markus Vestner, Martin Zurcher
  • Patent number: 6091039
    Abstract: The gas-insulated line comprises a conductor (1A) disposed inside a case (3A) filled with a dielectric gas under pressure. A power capacitor (5) is electrically connected to the conductor while being disposed inside a compartment (3P) secured to the case (3A) and filled with a dielectric gas under pressure. The dielectric gas present in the compartment (3P) provides electrical insulation for the compartment relative to the power capacitor (5). In this way, electrical insulation of the gas-insulated line between the conductor (1A) and the case (3A) is maintained inside the compartment (3P) in which the power capacitor (5) and the conductor (1A) are electrically interconnected. This results in the gas-insulated line of the invention retaining small bulk and the ability to be used on the ground or buried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: GEC Alsthom T & D SA
    Inventors: Van Doan Pham, Marcel Guillen, Michel Collet
  • Patent number: 5991148
    Abstract: This metal-enclosed, gas-insulated switchgear assembly is provided with at least one multiphase switch panel which is mounted on a foundation surface (8), with in each case at least one power breaker (1, 2, 3) per phase which extends along a longitudinal axis (4, 5, 6), these longitudinal axes (4, 5, 6) being arranged in a first plane, with at least one busbar system which is arranged in at least a second plane and extends along busbar axes (13, 14, 15) and in which the busbar axes (13, 14, 15) have a distance (s) between them. The distance between centers between a first connecting stub (16, 17, 18) and a second connecting stub (25, 26, 27) of the power breaker (1, 2, 3) is at least three times and at most four times as great as the distance (s) between the busbar axes (13, 14, 15). The power breakers (1, 2, 3) may be arranged offset and aligned in a row, resulting in very compact switch panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Franz Heil, Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5796060
    Abstract: A switching apparatus includes a grounded, insulating gas-filled housing, the housing having a housing wall, and a power circuit-breaker disposed in the housing. The apparatus further includes a current connection for a first busbar, a current connection for a second busbar, and a current connection for a load outgoer. The apparatus further includes a grounding switch disposed in the housing, the grounding switch being connected between the power circuit-breaker and the current connection for the load outgoer, and a busbar disconnector, the busbar disconnector being connected between the current connection of the first busbar and the power circuit-breaker and between the current connection of the second busbar and the power circuit-breaker. An outwardly extended, first tubular flange arrangement is attached over a first opening in the housing wall, and an outwardly extended, second tubular flange arrangement is attached over a second opening in the housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Dieter Fuchsle, Peter Hogg, Lothar Mantel, Georg Schett
  • Patent number: 5757614
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear device of a double bus type which is accommodated in a metal container filled with SF.sub.6 gas includes first and second gas insulated main buses disposed horizontally and substantially in parallel with each other. Bus sectioning units section each of the first and second main buses into first and second sections. The bus sectioning units include auxiliary buses disposed outside of said first and second main buses. A branching bus connects one end of the first main bus with one end of one of the auxiliary buses via a circuit breaker. Another branching bus connects the other end of the first main bus with the other end of the one of the auxiliary buses. Still another branching bus connects one end of the second main bus with one end of another auxiliary bus. A further branching bus connects the other end of the second main bus with the other end of the other auxiliary bus. Potential transformers are provided along the branching buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Hachida, Hirohiko Yatsuzuka, Takanobu Aoyama, Tadasuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5754382
    Abstract: A power transmission system includes a transmission line unit for three phases connected to three gas insulated transmission lines and a standby transmission line unit for a phase connected to a standby gas insulated transmission line connected with each other. A connection bus is provided at a branch part of each breaker in the transmission line unit for three phases, via the breaker. The connection bus is connected to a branch bus provided between the breaker in the transmission line unit of a gas insulated switch gear for three phases and the main buses, and to the standby transmission line unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Aoyama, Tadasuke Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5638254
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker 40 automatically interrupts a fault current such as ground fault current flowing through a conductor 61 of a bus line 60. A high speed grounding switch 10 performs a higher grounding and its releasing operation than the open and close operation of the gas circuit breaker 40 during the open and close operation thereof and guarantees the current interrupting performance and the inter-electrode insulation performance of the gas circuit breaker 40. In association with the electrode arrangement of a disconnecting switch 20, bus lines 60A and 60B are disposed in horizontal direction, a stationary electrode 13 of the high speed grounding switch 10 is provided at the constitutional unit 21 of the disconnecting switch 20 so as to locate on the same straight line as the central axis of the bus line and the movable electrode 11 at the ground side is closed along the same straight line as the central axis of the bus line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Annou, Masatomo Ohno, Kyuji Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 5625530
    Abstract: A power receiving unit is arranged in one side of an instrument potential/current unit transformer. A transformer-side unit is arranged in the other side of the instrument potential/current transformer units. A bypass bus connecting the power receiving unit and the transformer-side unit is arranged in parallel to the row of cubicles. The gas insulated switchgear can be made small in size and the work for adding a bank can be performed with substantially small man-power. The size of the gas insulated switchgear can be also prevented from increasing due to the addition of a bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Inami, Takahide Seki, Toyokazu Tanaka, Masafumi Ooshima
  • Patent number: 5589674
    Abstract: A metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated switching installation is provided with at least one busbar system, the busbar system having an axis separation, and a circuit breaker, the circuit breaker being in the form of a pole and having a pole axis, the circuit breaker including at least one quenching chamber installed in a pole enclosure and at least one connection for the associated busbar system. The pole axis is arranged at a right angle to a surface of a foundation. The circuit breaker of the switching installation includes a modular circuit breaker pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: Ernst Berger, Franz Heil, Herbert Schifko, Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5578804
    Abstract: A metal-enclosed, gas-insulated switching installation includes at least two busbar systems and a circuit breaker. Each circuit breaker is in the form of a pole having a pole axis and at least one extinction chamber, installed in a pole housing. The pole axes are arranged perpendicularly to a foundation and are located in a first plane. The switching installation includes an electrically conductive connection, extending along a connecting axis, of the voltage-carrying extinction chamber of the circuit breaker to each of the busbar systems and an isolator arranged in the connection between the busbar and the circuit breaker pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: Ernst Berger, Franz Heil, Herbert Schifko, Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5578805
    Abstract: A metal-enclosed, gas-filled switchgear unit has at least two busbar systems and a circuit breaker which respectively has per pole a pole axis and at least one arcing chamber built into a pole housing constructed as a metal enclosure. The pole axes are arranged perpendicular to a foundation and lie in a first plane. Furthermore, the switchgear unit respectively has an electrically conductive connection, extending along a connecting axis, between the live arcing chamber of the respective pole and each of the busbar systems. A metal-enclosed, gas-filled switchgear unit is provided in which the insulation and the fastening of the arcing chambers of the circuit breaker poles are substantially simplified and reduced in cost. The arcing chamber is connected in a force-closed fashion to the at least two current terminals and the arcing chamber is positioned by these alone in the metal enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: Ernst Berger, Franz Heil
  • Patent number: 5484972
    Abstract: A high-voltage switching device for gas-insulated switchgear has a gas-filled metal housing, a conducting path in the metal housing and at least two series-connected switching points with movable contact pieces which are actuated by a common drive mounted on the metal housing. The conducting path forms an angle with at least one of the switching points respectively arranged on each leg of the angle, the device thereby requiring less space in the case of both vertical and horizontal installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventor: Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5469050
    Abstract: A high-voltage measurement device for an electrical high-voltage switchboard plant having an measurement electrode built into an encapsulating housing, as well as an electrical conductor which conducts a measurement signal provided by the measurement electrode, connected with the electrode, and passed through the wall of the encapsulating housing in insulated manner. To protect operating personnel from high voltage which occurs at the conductor, the conductor is grounded by metal springs outside the encapsulating housing. These metal springs can be lifted up from the conductor if necessary, by means of activation elements. This is done, for example, by setting a switchboard housing onto a measurement housing which surrounds the conductor. If the switchboard housing is removed, the conductor is automatically grounded again by the metal springs. This high-voltage measurement device can be used for all types of gas-insulated high-voltage switchboard plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Lorenz, Jorg Gorablenkow
  • Patent number: 5453910
    Abstract: A gas insulated switchgear device includes a pair of main bus lines arranged in parallel; a pair of auxiliary bus lines arranged in parallel; three sets of circuit breakers each including at both ends thereof respective disconnecting switches, the three sets of circuit breakers being electrically connected in series between the pair of main bus lines via the pair of auxiliary bus lines; and a cable head provided at junction points between the disconnecting switches belonging to the respective adjacent circuit breakers. The pair of main bus lines and the pair of auxiliary bus lines are arranged in parallel with each other over a substantially horizontal plane near their installation plane, and the three sets of circuit breakers are vertical type circuit breakers and are disposed at one side of the pair of main bus lines and of the pair of auxiliary bus lines along their axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Syunji Itou, Hitoshi Kayaba, Masahiro Takahoshi, Hiroshi Suzuyama, Minoru Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 5373415
    Abstract: Three serially-connected units (19, 20, 21) of a one and half busbar type gas insulated switchgear are disposed parallely, wherein each unit includes: a vertical-type circuit breaker (16) having an upper connection (16a) and a lower connection (16b). To each connection a series connection of a horizontally-extending current transformer (4a, 4b) and a disconnecting switch (2a, 2b) are connected; and oblique connecting busbars (17, 18) each diagonally bridges a disconnecting switch (2a) in the upper disposed series connection to a disconnecting switch (2b) in the lower disposed series connection in the adjacent unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeo Tawaratani