Global Patent Index - EP 4123676 B1

EP 4123676 B1 20230906 - DEVICE FOR SWITCHING OFF A MEDIUM-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR SWITCHING OFF A MEDIUM-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUR UNTERBRECHUNG EINES MITTELSPANNUNGSSTROMKREISES

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE COUPURE D'UN CIRCUIT ÉLECTRIQUE DE MOYENNE TENSION

Publication

EP 4123676 B1 20230906 (FR)

Application

EP 22182272 A 20220630

Priority

FR 2108042 A 20210723

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2023025832A1] A method for determining an operational status of a switching device for switching an electrical unit including a first circuit and a second circuit, each circuit respectively including: a vacuum breaker including a fixed electrode and a mobile electrode; and a control device connected to the mobile electrode via an elastic device. The method including: for each of the first and second circuits, determining a transition instant at which the mobile electrode comes into contact with the fixed electrode; determining a difference between the transition instant of the first vacuum breaker and the transition instant of the second vacuum breaker; determining that the operational status is a first status known as “nominal synchronization” if the difference is less than a threshold; and determining that the operational status is a second status known as “abnormal synchronization” if the difference is greater than the threshold.

IPC 8 full level

H01H 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 11/00 (2006.01); H01H 33/59 (2006.01); H01H 33/666 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01H 1/0015 (2013.01 - EP US); H01H 11/0062 (2013.01 - EP); H01H 33/59 (2013.01 - EP); H01H 33/666 (2013.01 - EP US); H01H 71/04 (2013.01 - US); H01H 2071/044 (2013.01 - US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4123676 A1 20230125; EP 4123676 B1 20230906; CN 115692053 A 20230203; FR 3125655 A1 20230127; US 12051553 B2 20240730; US 2023025832 A1 20230126

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 22182272 A 20220630; CN 202210867132 A 20220722; FR 2108042 A 20210723; US 202217869822 A 20220721