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Magnetic trip device with wide tripping threshold setting range
Assignee: Merlin Gerin SA
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Filing: 1989-11-02
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Granted: 1990-10-23
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Expires: 2009-11-02
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic trip device having two plunger cores cooperating respectively with polar parts of a fixed magnetic circuit excited by a coil. The effects of the plunger cores are opposing, and by adjusting the inital position of the moving core assembly constituted by these two plunger cores, the tripping thereshold can be adjusted with a large amplitude.
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Batteux
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 02:47
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H71/00; H01H71/74; H01H71/7463; H01H71/10; H01H71/12; H01H71/24; H01H71/2454; H01H71/2463
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A magnetic trip device with a wide tripping threshold setting range, comprising a fixed magnetic circuit bearing an excitation coil and having a first and a second polar part located one in the extension of the other and separated by a fixed air-gap and a moving core assembly, slidingly mounted inside said fixed magnetic circuit and having a first part of the core assembly with a polar surface defining a first variable air-gap with said first polar part, the value of which varies with the movement of the moving core assembly, wherein said moving core assembly comprises a second part mechanically united to the first part, and magnetically insulated from the latter, said second part defines with said second polar part a second variable air-gap, the attraction effects exerted on the moving core assembly by the magnetic fields generated by the coil in said first and second variable air-gaps being opposing, and an adjustment device is arranged to fix the initial position of the moving core assembly and to adjust the tripping threshold appreciably linearly.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A magnetic trip device with a wide tripping threshold setting range, comprising a fixed magnetic circuit bearing an excitation coil and having a first and a second polar part located one in the extension of the other and separated by a fixed air-gap and a moving core assembly, slidingly mounted inside said fixed magnetic circuit and having a first part of the core assembly with a polar surface defining a first variable air-gap with said first polar part, the value of which varies with the movement of the moving core assembly, wherein said moving core assembly comprises a second part mechanically united to the first part, and magnetically insulated from the latter, said second part defines with said second polar part a second variable air-gap, the attraction effects exerted on the moving core assembly by the magnetic fields generated by the coil in said first and second variable air-gaps being opposing, and an adjustment device is arranged to fix the initial position of the moving core assembly and to adjust the tripping threshold appreciably linearly.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 1, wherein said first and second parts of the core assembly are plunger cores slidingly mounted inside the first and second tubular-shaped polar parts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 1, wherein said first core assembly part is a blade disposed facing the air-gap surfaces of the first U-shaped polar part and said second part of the core assembly is formed by two plates cooperating with the second U-shaped polar part disposed facing the first polar part.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 1, wherein the cross-section of said first polar part and/or of said first core assembly part is greater than that of said second polar part and/or of said second core assembly part and said first polar part exerts on the moving core assembly an attractive force in the tripping direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 4, wherein the diameter of the second plunger core is smaller than that of the first plunger core, and the second plunger core is slidingly mounted in the first polar part.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
59 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 1, wherein the two plunger cores are fixed to a sliding rod extending in the axis of said polar parts, the two cores being separated longitudinally, and the first plunger core is located on the second polar part side whereas the second plunger core is located on the first polar part side.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 1, wherein in the minimum threshold setting position, the moving core assembly is in a position of minimum length of said first variable air-gap and of maximum length of said second variable air-gap, the opposing action of the second plunger core or of the plates being almost negligible.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 1, wherein a return spring biases the moving core assembly against a stop, defined by a tripping threshold adjusting nut.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 1, wherein the coil is located around said two polar parts connected by an external housing.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The magnetic trip device according to claim 3, wherein the coil is located on said U constituting the first polar part.
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