Patent · US Expired

Adjusting device for a thermal trip

US7135953B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by

14References

39Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Leitl · Wenzenbach, DE
Christoph Weber · Heidenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2002
Grant date	Nov 14, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H71/7436
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adjusting device is for a thermal trip of a switchgear. It includes a bimetal, which is held in a fixed manner on a bimetal support, whose free end is located at a distance from a tripping lever, and which increasingly acts upon this tripping lever in a tripping direction as a result of thermal deformation. A distance can be adjusted by deforming the bimetal support. The adjusting device is particularly suited for use in circuit-breakers or the like.

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