Global Patent Index - EP 1065683 B1

EP 1065683 B1 20030416 - Circuit breaker with terminals for different rated currents

Title (en)

Circuit breaker with terminals for different rated currents

Title (de)

Leistungsschalter mit Anschlussschienen für verschiedene Nennströme

Title (fr)

Disjoncteur aves des bornes pour plusieurs intensités nominales

Publication

EP 1065683 B1 20030416 (DE)

Application

EP 00250212 A 20000627

Priority

DE 19930813 A 19990630

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1065683A2] A low-voltage (LV) circuit-breaker has a housing comprising of a rear-wall and a front-part, and containing a contact system which has at least one, ideally two, approximately parallel, withdrawable connection rails or bars, for connecting the contact system to an external circuit. The connection rails extend through window apertures located in the rear wall of the housing and are positioned in the housing by spacers. One of the connection rails serves as a carrier for a positionally-fixed switching contact and a arcing horn, while the other connection rails are joined via a hinged- or flexible-conduction arrangement to a moveable switching contact of the switching contact system. The connecting rails (2;3) are shaped so that the spacers (12-15) are each integrated as an integral part into the connection rails (2;3). The cross-section of the current-carrying part of each connection rail is selected to correspond to the required rated current of the LV circuit-breaker (1).

IPC 1-7

H01H 1/58; H01H 71/06; H01H 71/08; H01H 71/04

IPC 8 full level

H01H 1/58 (2006.01); H01H 11/00 (2006.01); H01H 71/04 (2006.01); H01H 71/06 (2006.01); H01H 71/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 1/58 (2013.01); H01H 11/0031 (2013.01); H01H 71/08 (2013.01); H01H 9/52 (2013.01); H01H 2011/0093 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1065683 A2 20010103; EP 1065683 A3 20020327; EP 1065683 B1 20030416; DE 19930813 A1 20010104; DE 50001767 D1 20030522

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00250212 A 20000627; DE 19930813 A 19990630; DE 50001767 T 20000627