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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Mersen France SB Sas, Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, FR;
Arianegroup Sas, Les Mureaux, FR;
Antoine Gerlaud, Vaulx-en-Velin, FR;
Guillaume Lemmel, Villeurbanne, FR;
Jean-François Oeuvrard, Lyons, FR;
MERSEN France SB SAS, Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, FR;
Ariane Group SAS, Les Mureaux, FR;
Abstract
An electric circuit breaker comprising a switch, an arc extinguishing chamber and a fuse configured to be electrically connected between first and second terminals after the switch has tripped, further comprises a connection device comprising a gate configured to be broken after the switch has tripped only when at least one of the temperature, the pressure inside the arc extinguishing chamber or the intensity of an electrical arc present in the arc extinguishing chamber passes a predefined threshold, the connection device being configured to connect an electrode of the fuse to one of the terminals of the electrical conductor only once the gate is broken.