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Gas circuit breaker

US6624370B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 2000
Grant dateSep 23, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2033/888
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A highly reliable gas circuit breaker capable of improving the braking performance and the insulating performance and a gas circuit breaker capable of allowing a stress acting on the supporting member of the electrode are provided.The gas circuit breaker comprising a grounded tank filled with an insulation medium; a movable electrode arranged inside the grounded tank; a fixed electrode which is supported through an insulator supporting member inside the grounded tank and disposed detachably from and oppositely to the movable electrode; and electric conductive parts individually provided in the movable electrode and the fixed electrode, wherein the insulator supporting member is a solid cone and supports the fixed electrode in an upper side of a central axis of the grounded tank.

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