Thin circuit breaker

• Main Authors: LONG GUIHENG, FASANO MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 12.04.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RELAYS; SELECTORS

A circuit breaker design that allows a circuit breaker to have a thinner overall height (i.e., measured vertically along an exposed outwardly facing surface of the circuit breaker in a typical orientation of the circuit breaker panel) than is achievable by known typical configurations while still providing robust power (e.g., voltage) handling and arc interruption capabilities. This is achieved, for example, by providing various parts formed from a polymeric material, which typically has a poorer thermal conductivity than metals, which are reinforced in some areas by metal members, if desired, and a very special configuration of permanent magnets used to enhance arc extinguishing. 一种断路器设计，其允许断路器具有比已知典型配置可实现的更薄的总高度(即，在断路器面板的典型取向上沿着断路器的暴露的面向外的表面竖直地测量)，同时仍然提供牢靠的电力(例如，电压)处理和电弧中断能力。例如，这是通过提供由聚合物材料(其通常比金属的导热性差)形成的各种部件来实现的，如果需要，所述部件在某些区域由金属构件加强，以及用于增强灭弧的永磁体的非常特殊的构造。