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Cooling device for a circuit breaker and circuit breaker comprising such device

US8169775B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2010
Grant dateMay 1, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2009/523
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cooling device for a circuit breaker which comprises a case having a front wall, a rear wall, an upper wall, a lower wall, two flanks, and a first series of side-by-side terminals and a second series of side-by-side terminals that protrude outside from the case for the connection of the circuit breaker with an electrical circuit. The cooling device includes at least one first body made of a thermal conducting material and which has a central portion suitable for being positioned transversally along and facing the first series of terminals so as to absorb heat generated at the first series of terminals, and a first end portion and a second end portion that protrude from the central portion and are configured so as to receive the heat absorbed by the central portion and to diffuse it outside the cooling device itself.teh

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