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Detlev Schmidt

Ingo Thiede

Günter Seidler

Michael Bach

Michael Sebekow

Marc Liebetruth

Jörg-Uwe Dahl

Stefan Losch

Artur Wajnberg

Karl-Heinz Manthe

Hans-Joachim Kuhrt

Alfred Stang

Günter Seidler-Stahl

Gerhard Blaimer

Steffen Scudlo

Uwe Gnoerrlich

Steffen Donner

Petra Strubich

A low-voltage circuit breaker includes a first contact arrangement, for connecting a fixed contact to a first busbar and a second contact arrangement, for connecting a counter contact, arranged on a contact lever, to a second busbar. A low-voltage circuit breaker is produced, which may be converted with minimal material complexity and little effort from a fixed switch into a modular switch, whereby the busbars of a low-voltage circuit breaker include moulded features such that the low-voltage circuit breaker may be embodied as both a fixed breaker and a modular breaker.

Low-voltage circuit breaker

A power circuit breaker includes an insertion rack which is arranged in a distribution unit and a lock system for locking the power circuit breaker in the insertion rack in a locking system. The locking system can be actuated by a drive mechanism, in particular by the switch shaft of the power circuit breaker.

Power circuit breaker

A switching contact arrangement is for a power switch, wherein a plurality of contact levers are pivoted on a contact support via a bearing pin. The contact support is provided with at least three support elements for radially supporting the bearing pin. In order to simplify production of the contact support, at least three of the support elements are configured as a one-piece shaped element that forms the contact support. At least one of the support elements can have a metal element that is at least partially embedded in a plastic shaped element of the contact support. The metal element can be configured as a sheet metal part.

Switching contact arrangement for a power switch

The invention relates to a low voltage circuit breaker which comprises a contact system for a principal current and an arc extinction chamber. An are transmitting element is disposed between the contact system for the principal current and the arc extinction chamber. Said are transmitting element comprises at least one are guiding element which makes it possible to direct said arc in a certain manner to the arc extinction chamber.

Low voltage circuit breaker

The invention relates to a switch contact arrangement with a first moving switch contact, with a second switch contact, provided for the first switch contact and with an erosion display, for the switch contacts. The erosion display comprises an erosion pointer and a display surface or display edge. The display pointer follows the movement of the first switch contact and, on closing the contacts, then only extends over the display surface or display edge when the value for the erosion of the switch contacts is less than a given maximum value. In order to be able to shorten the display pointer in the unused condition without a special tool to give a separation from the display surface or display edge, the value of which corresponds to the value of the maximum permitted erosion of the switch contacts, at least one marking for the cutting of the display pointer is provided, whereby the marking is separated from the display surface or display edge by the maximum permitted erosion of the switch contacts.

Switch contact arrangement with an erosion display for the switch contacts

A switching arrangement for low-voltage circuit breakers with a high nominal current includes movable switching contacts arranged essentially on a moveable contact carrier. It further includes fixed switching contacts and a device for cooling, de-ionizing and extinguishing an electric switching arc. The fixed contact is provided with a pre-contact function over the entire contact width thereof. Moveable contact levers are arranged according to a set pattern in a distributed manner over the entire width of the contact carriers and are provided with or without a pre-contact. A contact lever with a pre-contact and a contact lever without a pre-contact can be provided successively. Similarly, two or more contact levers with a pre-contact and two or more contact levers without a pre-contact can be successively and alternatingly provided in packet-form.

Switching arrangement for low-voltage circuit breakers

An electric arc extinction chamber system, especially for low-voltage circuit breakers of very high nominal current intensities, wherein parallel electric arc extinction chamber inserts are provided in a housing extending over the entire width of a pole-face arc. The housing of the chamber is sub-divided by a partition wall or several partition walls which are embodied as components of the housing. The compartments thus formed receive arc splitter cartridges.

Low-voltage circuit breaker with an electric arc extinction system

A switching contact includes a rocker-type leaf spring as a contact force spring in order to produce the contact force required for a contact lever A drag bearing thereof is disposed between the point of rotation of the contact lever on a contact carrier and a contact-making end piece of the contact lever. Preferably, the drag bearing is formed by a bend of the contact force spring and a sliding surface disposed on the contact carrier. The drag bearing of the contact force spring can be displaced without a fixed link along the sliding surface according to the tension of the contact force spring. If the switching contract arrangement has several contact levers (multiple contact arrangement) all of the associated contact force springs can be combined to form a one-piece leaf spring.

Switching contact arrangement

An arc extinguisher for low voltage switchgear, switching in air, includes a universally applicable variable attachment for adjustment of the arc extinguisher chamber to meet increased demands. The attachment is in the form of a chimney-like arc extinguisher chamber extension, for increasing the volume of the arc extinguisher chamber. It represents a moulded piece with a lower outline which exactly matches the outline of the arc extinguisher chamber cover, normally located on the arc extinguisher chamber and with an upper outline, identical to the upper outline of the switchgear housing for mounting the arc extinguisher chamber cover. Any number of attachments may be used in a stacked manner.

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