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EP0119563A2
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Vaccum interrupter and Method of its production
Assignee: Meidensha Corp
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Filing: 1984-03-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-03-09
Abstract
Abstract A vacuum interrupter of more improved large current interrupting capability and dielectric strength is disclosed. The interrupter has a pair of separable contact-electrodes (13, 24), a vacuum envelope (4) generally electrically insulating and enclosing the pair therewithin, a contact-making portion (19) of 20 to 60% IACS electrical conductivity being a part of one contact-electrode (13) of the pair and being into and out of engagement with the other contact-electrode (24) of the pair, an arc-diffusing portion (20) of 2 to 30% IACS electrical conductivity being the other part of the one contact-electrode (13) and being electrically and mechanically connected to the contact-making portion (19) so as to be spaced from the other contact-electrode (24) when the contact-electrodes (13, 24) are into engagement, and means (14, 15) for applying an axial magnetic field in parallel to an arc established between the contact-electrodes (13,24) when separated.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshiyuki Kashiwagi
- 👤 Yasushi Noda
- 👤 Kaoru Kitakizaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-06 05:53
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H33/00; H01H33/60; H01H33/66; H01H33/664; H01H33/6644; H01H1/00; H01H1/02; H01H1/0203; H01H11/00; H01H11/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49204; Y10T29/49206
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A vacuum interrupter comprising a pair of separable contact-electrodes (13, 24), each of which consists of a disc-shaped arc-diffusing portion (20) and a contact-making portion (19) projecting from an arcing surface of the arc-diffusing portion (20), a vacuum envelope (4) which is electrically insulating and enclosing the contact-electrodes (13, 24), and means for applying magnetic field (14, 30) in parallel to an arc established between the contact-electrodes (13, 24) when separated, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) of at least one (13) of the contact-electrodes (13, 24) is made of material of 2 to 30% IACS electrical conductivity and said contact-making portion (19) of the one contact-electrode (13) is made of material of 20 to 60% IACS electrical conductivity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A vacuum interrupter comprising a pair of separable contact-electrodes (13, 24), each of which consists of a disc-shaped arc-diffusing portion (20) and a contact-making portion (19) projecting from an arcing surface of the arc-diffusing portion (20), a vacuum envelope (4) which is electrically insulating and enclosing the contact-electrodes (13, 24), and means for applying magnetic field (14, 30) in parallel to an arc established between the contact-electrodes (13, 24) when separated, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) of at least one (13) of the contact-electrodes (13, 24) is made of material of 2 to 30% IACS electrical conductivity and said contact-making portion (19) of the one contact-electrode (13) is made of material of 20 to 60% IACS electrical conductivity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A vacuum interrupter as difined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of 20 to 70 % copper by weight, 5 to 40% iron by weight and 5 to 40% chromium by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of material including copper, iron and chromium, and said contact-making portion (19) is made of complex metal consisting of copper, chromium and molybdenum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of material of 10 to 15% IACS electrical conductivity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said contact-making portion (19) is made of complex metal consisting of 20 to 70% copper by weight, 5 to 70% chromium by weight and 5 to 70% molybdenum by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of 30 to 70% copper by weight and 30 to 70% by weight nonmagnetic stainless steel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 5, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of 30 to 70% copper by weight and 30 to 70% nonmagnetic stainless steel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1 wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of 30 to 70% copper by weight and a 30 to 70% magnetic stainless steel by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 8, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of 30 to 70% copper by weight and 30 to -70% ferritic stainless steel by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 8, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of 30 to 70% copper by weight and 30 to 70% martensitic stainless steel by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 8, wherein said contact-making portion (19) is made of complex metal consisting of 20 to 70% copper by weight, 5 to 70% chromium by weight and 5 to 70% molybdenum by weight.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 9, wherein said contact-making portion (19) is made of complex metal consisting of 20 to 70% copper by weight and 5 to 70% chromium by weight and 5 to 70% molybdenum by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 10, wherein said contact-making portion (19) is made of complex metal consisting of 20 to 70% copper by weight and 5 to 70% chromium by weight and 5 to 70% molybdenum by weight.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
88 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim l, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of a nonmagnetic stainless steel including a plurality of holes of axial direction through said arc-diffusing portion (20) at an areal occupation ratio of 10 'to 90%, and infiltrant copper or silver into the nonmagnetic stainless steel, and wherein said contact-making portion (19) is made of complex metal consisting of 20 to 70% copper by weight, 5 to 70% chromium by weight and 5 to 70% molybdenum by weight.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
88 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim l, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of complex metal consisting of a magnetic stainless steel including a plurality of holes of axial direction through said arc-diffusing portion (20) at an areal occupation ratio of 10 to 90%, and infiltrant copper or silver into the magnetic stainless steel, and wherein said contact-making portion (19) is made of complex metal consisting of 20 to 70% copper by weight, 5 to 70% chromium by weight and 5 to 70% molybdenum by weight.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim l, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of austinitic stainless steel of 2 to 3% IACS electrical conductivity.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is made of ferritic stainless steel of about 2.5% IACS electrical conductivity.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion is made of martensitic stainless steel of about 3.0% IACS electrical conductivity.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
85 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said magnetic field applying means (14, .15) comprises a coil-electrode (15) positioned apart from and behind said arc-diffusing portion (20) and an electrical lead member (14) for the coil-electrode, which is made of material of electrical conductivity higher than that of the material for said arc-diffusing portion (20), electrically connected to the coil-electrode (15) and all the portions (22, 25, 26) of which are mechanically and electrically connected to a backsurface of said arc-diffusing portion (20).
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
121 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is produced by the steps of: a) placing together in a vessel minus 60 mesh powder of at least one metal possessing a melting point higher than that of copper and a copper bulk; b) heat holding the metal powder and the copper bulk at a temperature below the melting point of copper in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to produce a porous matrix from the metal powder; and c) heat holding the resultant porous matrix and the copper bulk at a temperature of at least the melting point of copper but below that of the porous matrix in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to infiltrate the porous matrix with molten copper.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
125 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is produced by the steps of: d) placing in a vessel minus 60 mesh powder of at least one metal possessing a melting point higher than that of copper; e) heat holding the metal powder at a temperature below the melting point of the metal other than copper in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to produce a porous matrix; f) placing a copper bulk and the resultant porous matrix together in the vessel; and g) heat holding the porous matrix and the copper bulk at a temperature of at least the melting point of copper but below that of the porous matrix in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to infiltrate the porous matrix with molten copper.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
66 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is produced by the steps of: h) press-shaping into a green compact blended minus 60 mesh powders consisting of copper and other metal .possessing a melting point higher than that of copper; and i) sintering the green compact at a temperature below the melting point of the other metal in a nonoxidizing atmosphere.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
124 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is produced by the steps of: j) heat holding in a nonoxidizing atmosphere a plurality of pipes, each of which is made of metal possessing a melting point higher than that of copper, placed in parallel to each other, at a temperature below the melting point of the metal other than copper to be bonded into a porous matrix; k) placing a solid copper and the resultant porous matrix together; and 1) heat holding the porous matrix and the solid copper at a temperature of at least the melting point of copper but below that of the porous matrix in a nonoxidizing atmosphere to infiltrate the porous matrix with molten copper.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
66 words
A vacuum interrupter as defined in claim 1, wherein said arc-diffusing portion (20) is produced by a step of heat holding in a nonoxidizing atmosphere a porous plate of metal possessing a melting point higher than that of copper and a solid copper together at a temperature of at least the melting point of copper but below a melting point of the metal other than copper.
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