Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Satoru Maeno

Daisuke Fujita

Shuichi Tanigaki

A breaker includes a tank, first to third fixed contacts provided inside the tank, first to third movable contacts that are provided inside the tank and are movable, and first to third operation devices provided outside the tank to move the first to third movable, respectively. The first to third operation devices respectively include first to third torsion bars serving as a driving source to move the first to third movable contacts, respectively.

Breaker

A breaker includes a stationary contact, a movable contact, an operation device including a link portion liked to the movable contact and including an output lever rotatably supported, the operation device operating rotation of the output lever in accordance with a first control signal for a command for pulling out the movable contact and a second control signal for a command for inserting the movable contact, and an auxiliary contact to switch between turn-on and turn-off of an input of the first control signal and the second control signal to the operation device in conjunction with operation of the output lever, the auxiliary contact being able to be used in a circuit configuration to monitor a state of the operation device. The output lever rotates so as to operate a first link portion on a side toward a first direction with respect to a rotational center of the output lever.

A switch includes: a tank; a fixed contact and a reciprocally movable contact provided inside the tank; an opening/closing shaft that rotates to thereby move the movable contact; a jack base fixed to the outer side of the tank; a torsion bar that stores a force to rotate the opening/closing shaft so as to move the movable contact in a direction away from the fixed contact; and an opening/closing lever detachably attached to the opening/closing shaft. The jack base has a first penetrating portion formed therethrough and facing the opening/closing lever. The opening/closing lever has a second penetrating portion formed therethrough and facing the jack base. The switch further includes: a bolt inserted through the first penetrating portion and the second penetrating portion; and a nut attached to a portion of the bolt, the portion of the bolt extending out of the first penetrating portion and the second penetrating portion.

Switch

An operating device includes a lever rotatable about a rotating axis, a first torsion bar connected to the lever, and a second torsion bar connected to one end of the first torsion bar. The operating device further includes: a support fixedly supporting the second torsion bar at an end opposite to an end connected to the first torsion bar; a first pedestal portion structured to sandwich the support with a central axis of the second torsion bar interposed, the first pedestal portion supporting the support such that the support is rotatable about the central axis; a second pedestal portion including a penetrating portion extending through the second pedestal portion toward the support; a bolt including a shank passing through the penetrating portion, the bolt being screwed into the first pedestal portion; and a nut attached to the shank between the second pedestal portion and a head of the bolt.

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Satoru Maeno