Patent ID: 9620939
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H02B

Claim:
1. A hybrid gas circuit breaker comprising: a tank having a longitudinal axis, a mechanical interrupter positioned within the tank, first and second bushing support nozzles having a longitudinal axis, first and second disconnect switches, intake and exit bushings, and first and second bushing current transformers (BCTs), wherein the hybrid gas circuit breaker having a shipping state configuration and an operational state configuration, wherein the shipping state configuration includes the longitudinal axis of the tank being oriented horizontally, the first and second bushing support nozzles protruding laterally from the tank from a first end of the first and second bushing support nozzles with the longitudinal axis of the first and second bushing support nozzles being oriented horizontally, the first and second BCTs are coaxially assembled on the first and second bushing support nozzles, the first and second disconnect switches are coupled to a second end of the first and second bushing support nozzles and extending upwardly in a vertical direction from the first and second bushing support nozzles, and the intake and exit bushings are coaxially assembled to and vertically extending from the first and second disconnect switches, and wherein the operational state configuration matches the shipping state configuration.