Cooper Industries, Inc.

Cooper Technologies Company

Mcgraw-edison Company

Ross Stuart Daharsh

Paul Newcomb Stoving

E Fred Bestel

Mike E Potter

Daniel James Schreiber

Lisa Carol Sletson

Dan G Marginean

Gary A Gauger

Gary L Goedde

John Albert Kovacich

Jeffrey J Kester

Rose Ellen Weisburgh

Robert Raymond Schuetz

Christopher Randall Hastreiter

Robert C Olen

Sherri J Cuthbertson

Techniques for detecting vacuum loss in a vacuum interrupter are disclosed. For example, a sensing system of a vacuum interrupter includes a sensor including a material that oxidizes in the presence of air and is at least partially positioned in an evacuated space of a vacuum interrupter, the sensor being configured to produce an indication of impedance of the material; and a control system coupled to the sensor, the control system including an electronic processor and an electronic storage that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic processor to access an indication of impedance produced by the sensor, determine a measure of impedance of the material of the sensor based on the accessed indication of impedance, and determine a condition of the evacuated space based on the determined measure of impedance.

Vacuum loss detection

A current interrupter assembly includes an insulating structure, a current interrupter embedded in the structure, a conductor element embedded in the structure, a current interchange embedded in the structure and connected to create a current path between the current interrupter and the conductor element, and a semiconductive layer covering at least a portion of the conductor element so as to reduce voltage discharge between the conductor element and the structure.

Method of reducing electrical discharge in a structure

Solid dielectric encapsulated interrupter with reduced corona levels and improved BIL

Solid dielectric encapsulated interrupter

An electrical switchgear device includes a conductor, a base, and a current sensor positioned to detect current in the conductor and attached to the base using a support element. The device also includes an apparatus mounted to the base to interrupt current through the conductor when a signal from the current sensor indicates a predetermined condition. A housing positioned on the base encapsulates the current sensor, the support element, the current interrupting apparatus, and a portion of the conductor.

Current sensor supporting structure

A surge arrester protection system includes a surge arrester, a first mechanism fixed on a first end of the surge arrester for directing arcs around the surge arrester and a second mechanism fixed on a second end of the surge arrester for directing arcs around the surge arrester. The first and second mechanisms each include a plurality of slots extending substantially radially therein. Additionally, a cap which covers a lower end of the arrester is used to catch material dripping from the surge arrester and a cap covering an upper end of the arrester is used to protect the arrester from animals and the elements.

Surge arrester protection system and method

A composition for an insulating collar of a metal oxide varistor, with the composition being applied as a slurry to a green varistor in an unfired state along its periphery for enhancing the varistor's energy handling capability in a fired state, the composition having, in various combinations, a plurality of oxide compounds, including manganese dioxide, cobaltic-cobaltous oxide, nickel oxide, tin dioxide, chromic oxide, bismuth oxide, antimony trioxide, and zinc oxide. Moreover, a method of applying the slurry onto the unfired varistor and firing the coated green varistor in a single step.

Insulating coating

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South Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Ross Stuart Daharsh