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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Guang Yang, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2013.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state circuit breaker comprises a sensing and control circuit configured to realize designed functions, a power electronics section that includes solid-state switching components for normal operations and a vacuum gap section that includes a sealed vacuum tube. The vacuum gap section is disposed in series with the power electronics section. The vacuum gap section is configured to open to interrupt a current such that the associated arcs are contained in the sealed vacuum tube.