Electrical switch
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorFredrik Strand
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Abstract
An electrical switch including a neutral contact adjustment system adapted for adjusting a position of a neutral contact opening surface relative to at least one phase contact opening surface such that the neutral contact adjustment system has a first operating state which is adapted to provide a simultaneous break operation in which a movable neutral contact disconnects simultaneously with at least one movable phase contact during an opening event, and a second operating state which is adapted to provide a late-break operation in which the movable neutral contact disconnects later than the at least one movable phase contact during the opening event.
Claims16
An electrical switch comprising:
- a frame;
- a movable contact system having a plurality of movable contacts comprising a movable neutral contact, and at least one movable phase contact, each of the movable contacts being movable relative to the frame between a connected position and a disconnected position;
- a bridge assembly comprising a bridge body, a neutral contact opening surface, and a phase contact opening surface for each of the at least one movable phase contact, the bridge assembly being movable in a depth direction relative to the frame between a first bridge position and a second bridge position,
- wherein during an opening event, in which the electrical switch transfers from a connected state to a disconnected state, the bridge assembly moves from the first bridge position to the second bridge position, the neutral contact opening surface is in contact with the movable neutral contact for moving the movable neutral contact from the connected position to the disconnected position, and each phase contact opening surface is in contact with a corresponding movable phase contact for moving the movable phase contact from the connected position to the disconnected position,
- wherein the electrical switch comprises a neutral contact adjustment system adapted for adjusting a position of the neutral contact opening surface relative to the at least one phase contact opening surface such that the neutral contact adjustment system has a first operating state which is adapted to provide a simultaneous break operation in which the movable neutral contact disconnects simultaneously with the at least one movable phase contact during the opening event, and a second operating state which is adapted to provide a late-break operation in which the movable neutral contact disconnects later than the at least one movable phase contact during the opening event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.