US 12,255,035 B2
On-load tap changer
Thomas Schuster, Regensburg (DE); and Georg Kellendorfer, Regensburg (DE)
Assigned to MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH, Regensburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/775,589
Filed by Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH, Regensburg (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075629
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/094013, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 130 460.1 (DE), filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0415587 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H01H 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 9/0027 (2013.01) [H01H 9/0011 (2013.01); H01H 9/0038 (2013.01); H01H 2009/0094 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An on-load tap changer for uninterrupted diverter switch operation, the on-load tap changer comprising:
a first module comprising a first module shaft;
a second module comprising a second module shaft; and
a third module comprising a third module shaft;
wherein:
the first module shaft is configured to actuate the first module;
the second module shaft is configured to actuate the second module;
the first module shaft and the second module shaft are mechanically coupled to one another in such a way that the first module shaft is configured to drive the second module shaft and the second module is configured to be actuated with a time delay with respect to the first module, and
the third module shaft is configured to actuate the third module and the second module shaft and the third module shaft are mechanically coupled to one another in such a way that the second module shaft is configured to drive the third module shaft and the third module is configured to be actuated with a second time delay with respect to the second module.