Abb Technology Ag

Abb Inc.

Abb Power Td & Company

Edgar R Eley

John B Baskin

Fabian Durand Stacy

Stephen A Perkins

Frank D Wolfe

Juan L Santana

James R Scrivener

John N Powell

Ralph S Averitt

Robert L Still, Jr

Marty C Brasher

Fabian D Stacy

An oil-immersed circuit breaker is provided having a mechanical/magnetic trip indicator. In a preferred embodiment, the trip indicator comprises a mechanical drive train (coupled to a conventional trip-sensing mechanism), a push piece, and an indicator piece. The drive train and the push piece are located inside the enclosure immersed in oil. The indicator piece is located outside the enclosure. The push piece is magnetically coupled to the indicator piece. Magnetic coupling eliminates problems encountered with prior art trip indicators associated with oil-seal leakage, electrical component failure, and power source failure.

Circuit breaker with magnetically-coupled trip indicator

A preferred embodiment of an interrupter assembly for a circuit breaker includes a first contact, a conductor, and a second contact mounted on the conductor. The second contact and the conductor are movable in relation to the first contact between a first position wherein the first and the second contacts are in electrical contact, and a second position. The interrupter assembly also includes a body having a first and a second half each having a plurality of recesses formed therein. The recesses form chambers within the body for holding insulating fluid when the first and the second halves are mated. The body receives the second contact and the conductor so that the conductor and the second contact are drawn through the chambers as the second contact moves from the first to the second position.

Interrupter assembly for a circuit breaker

A de-energized tap changer is disclosed that includes a contact rail assembly, a gear assembly, a handle assembly and a transmission system that compensates for angular misalignment of the gear assembly and handle assembly. The transmission system includes two elongated members with attached blocks that fit inside a hollow tube and when the handle of the de-energized tap changer is rotated, torque is transmitted through the transmission system to the gear assembly which drives the movable contacts.

De-energized tap changer

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Jackson, TN, United States of America

Edgar R Eley