US 11,670,919 B2
Three phase switchgear or control gear
Tomas Kozel, Brno (CZ); Radek Javora, Hrusovany u Brna (CZ); Josef Cernohous, Jamne nad Orlici (CZ); Pavel Vrbka, Nedvedice (CZ); Christoph Budde, Heidelberg (DE); Christian Simonidis, Karlsruhe (DE); Sebastian Breisch, Neckarsteinach (DE); and Harald Staab, Neckargemuend (DE)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/345,067.
Application 17/345,067 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/084673, filed on Dec. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18214214 (EP), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0305789 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H02B 13/025 (2006.01); H02B 13/00 (2006.01); H02B 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 13/00 (2013.01) [H02B 13/02 (2013.01); H02B 13/025 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switchgear, comprising:
at least one first compartment, being configured to be arc proof and comprising:
a second compartment that is a cable connection compartment; and
a third compartment;
a fourth compartment;
a plurality of main switchgear or control gear components housed in the at least one first compartment, the plurality of main switchgear or control gear components comprising:
a main busbar system,
a three position linear or rotational movement disconnector, and
a circuit breaker;
a cable connection, the cable connection housed in the second compartment, and the circuit breaker and the three position linear or rotational movement disconnector are mounted vertically one above the other in the third compartment; and
a plurality of auxiliary switchgear or control gear components, the plurality of auxiliary switchgear or control gear components comprising a disconnector drive and a circuit breaker drive, the disconnector drive and the circuit breaker drive being mounted vertically one above the other in the fourth compartment;
wherein an interior door is located in a wall segregating the second compartment from the third compartment, wherein the switchgear is configured such that the interior door must be in position to provide an arc proof segregation between the second compartment and the third compartment for a user to be able to at least partially enter the second compartment when any components, including the three position linear or rotational movement disconnector and the circuit breaker, in the third compartment are energized, and wherein the interior door is configured to operate automatically,
wherein the second compartment has an exterior door or removal wall section in an exterior wall of the second compartment,
wherein the interior door located in the wall segregating the second compartment from the third compartment closes automatically when the exterior door or removable wall section in the exterior wall of the second compartment is open.