Module for the interconnection of a circuit breaker and a contactor for an electrical assembly comprising a voltage sensor
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorsPascal Houbre, Patrick Larcher
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Abstract
A module for the interconnection between an electrical circuit breaker and an electrical contactor includes a housing and multiple high-power electrical conductors that are housed inside the housing, each of the high-power electrical conductors being suitable for electrically connecting an electrical output of a circuit breaker to an electrical input of a contactor, in order to allow a supply electric current to flow from the circuit breaker to the contactor. This interconnection module additionally includes a voltage sensor, which sensor is suitable for detecting the presence of a voltage between at least two of the high-power electrical conductors.
Claims9
A module for interconnection between an electrical circuit breaker and an electrical contactor comprising a housing and multiple high-power electrical conductors that are housed inside the housing each of the high-power electrical conductors being suitable for electrically connecting an electrical output of a circuit breaker to an electrical input of a contactor, in order to allow a supply electric current to flow from the circuit breaker to the contactor, wherein the interconnection module additionally comprises a voltage sensor, which sensor is suitable for detecting the presence of a voltage between at least two of the high-power electrical conductors,
- wherein two of the high-power electrical conductors are each provided with a first electrically conductive plate, and in that the voltage sensor comprises:
- two second electrically conductive plates, each positioned at a distance from and facing one of the first electrically conductive plates;
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- a measuring circuit for measuring a measurement voltage between the two second electrically conductive plates, the presence of the voltage being detected on the basis of the value of the measurement voltage, this measurement voltage being dependent on the value of the capacitances between each second electrically conductive plate and the first electrically conductive plate of the corresponding high-power electrical conductor.
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