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US 11,942,777 B2Granted
Disconnector device and overvoltage protection assembly including the same
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsBastiaan Hubertus van Besouw, Peter James Swales, Sidharth Suresh Iyer, Mohamed Fayaz Suleiman Khatri, Stephen Franklin Poterala, Robert Christopher Schmitt, Xingniu Huo
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Abstract
A disconnector device including an isolator connected between a first terminal and to a second terminal, and a sleeve positioned around the isolator and moveable between an un-extended position prior to the isolator operating and an extended position after the isolator operates, the sleeve being configured to trap debris produced by operation of the isolator.
Claims21
A disconnector device comprising:
- an isolator connecting a first terminal and a second terminal;
- a sleeve positioned around the isolator and including a first end and a second end, the sleeve moveable between an un-extended position prior to the isolator operating and an extended position after the isolator operates, the sleeve being configured to trap debris produced by operation of the isolator;
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- a housing having a first portion and a second portion, the housing configured to contain the isolator and the sleeve in the un-extended position and separate during isolator operation,
- wherein the first end of the sleeve is coupled to the first portion of the housing and the second end of the sleeve coupled to the second portion of the housing in both the un-extended position and extended position.
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An electrical system comprising:
- an electrical conductor for carrying an electrical current;
- a surge device configured to conduct at least some of the electrical current based on the occurrence of a first predetermined condition;
- an isolator configured to conduct at least some of the electrical current, wherein the isolator includes a destructive component that destructs when a second predetermined condition is satisfied, and
- wherein the isolator includes a cover formed from a material that is compressible and expandable and that is configured for retaining at least some of the destructive component of the isolator when the destructive component destructs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.