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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Wolfgang Albrecht, Wenzenbach, DE;
Thomas M. Huber, Maxhuette-Haidhof, DE;
Inventors:
Wolfgang Albrecht, Wenzenbach, DE;
Thomas M. Huber, Maxhuette-Haidhof, DE;
Assignee:
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH, Regensburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 19/00 (2006.01); H01H 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an on-load tap changer having an energy storage mechanism for changing over, without any interruptions, between different winding taps of a tap-changing transformer on load. According to the invention, the energy storage mechanism has one or more compression springs, which are tensioned at the beginning of a changeover operation. In comparison with the tensile springs used to date with such energy storage mechanisms, the compression springs have markedly greater long-term strength.