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Electrical ring main unit

US4827088A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1988
Grant dateMay 2, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H31/003
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A three-phase electrical ring main unit comprising a lower chamber module (30) having a wall structure formed from insulating resin material; three input contacts (35), one for each phase, mounted within the lower chamber; three lower switching contacts (37), each mounted within the lower chamber for movement between different switching positions; insulating closure means (55) closing the top of the lower chamber; three output contacts (49), one for each phase, carried by and exposed on a lower face of the closure means; three busbar contacts (59 to 61), each electrically connected to a respective output contact, carried by and exposed on an upper face of the closure member (55); an upper chamber module (31) having a wall structure formed from insulating resin material; means (32) securing the upper chamber above the lower chamber; three tee-off contacts (85), one for each phase, mounted within the upper chamber; and three upper switching contacts (83), each mounted in the upper chamber for movement between different switching positions; one switching position of the lower switching contacts effecting electrical connection between the input contacts and their associated output cont…

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