Patent ID: 7148775
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A contactor assembly for a circuit breaker, comprising: a stationary contactor provided with a U-shaped first stationary contactor connected to a power source on an electrical circuit and a U-shaped second stationary contactor being spaced apart a predetermined distance from the first stationary contactor in horizontal and vertical directions and being connected to an electrical load on the electrical circuit; a movable contactor provided with contacts corresponding to the first and second stationary contactors at both ends and being movable to a contact position contacting the first and second stationary contactors and a separating position where the movable contactor is separated from the first and second stationary contactors, the movable contactor being provided with groove surfaces having a first curvature radius on respective upper and lower surface thereof so that the separating position of the movable contactor can be maintained when the movable contactor rotates separately from the stationary contactors by an electromagnetic repulsive force between the stationary contactor and the movable contactor, and curve surfaces having a second curvature radius larger than the first curvature radius in succession with the groove surfaces on respective upper and lower surfaces thereof; a rotary shaft rotatably supporting the movable contactor, being provided with an opening portion for permitting an independent rotation of the movable contactor when an electromagnetic repulsive force is generated between the movable contactor and the stationary contactor, and being further rotatable than the movable contactor at the contact position where the movable contactor contacts the stationary contactor; a center shaft pin penetrating the movable contactor and being supported on the center portion of the rotary shaft so as to support the movable contactor on the rotary shaft; a pair of stationary pins fixedly mounted on the rotary shaft symmetrically with each other around the center portion of the rotary shaft; two pairs of link plates whose one ends are rotatably supported on both ends of each of the stationary pins; a pair of limit pins rotatably supported on the other ends of the link plates and displaceable or maintaining a stopped state on the curve surfaces and groove surfaces of the movable contactor according to the position of the movable contactor; and two pairs of springs prepared such that the respective pair corresponds to each side of the rotary shaft so as to provide a contact pressure at the contact position where the movable contactor contacts the stationary contactor, one ends being supported on the stationary pins and the other ends being supported on the limit pins, wherein the stationary pins and limit pins supporting both ends of the springs are connected by the link plates, the limit pins are located on the curve surfaces of the movable contactor having a constant curvature radius at the contact position, the contact pressure provided by the springs can be maintained constant, the springs charge elastic energy according to a height difference between the groove surfaces and the curve surfaces at the contact position, and the springs discharge the charged elastic energy when the limit pins are located on the groove surfaces by the rotation of the movable contactor caused by the electromagnetic repulsive force.