Circuit breaker configuration

• US 20070138873A1
• Filed: 02/12/2007
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
• Original Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
• Inventors: Meckler, Peter, Naumann, Michael, Gross, Patric, Miklis, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 7,706,927 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/113
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2071/006 Provisions for user interfaces for electrical protection devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2300/03 Application domotique, e.g. for house automation, bus connected switches, sensors, loads or intelligent wiring
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 71/04 Means for indicating condition of the switching device by means of an auxiliary contact H01H71/46
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/167 Circuits for remote indication
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/168 making use of an electromagnetic wave communication
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/14 Protecting elements, switches, relays or circuit breakers
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems

Abstract

A circuit breaker configuration contains a number of circuit breakers each to be connected via lines to a system component of a power distribution system and a plurality of control buttons with a respective one of the control buttons connected to a respective one of the circuit breakers. The respective control button for the respective circuit breaker passes through a control panel and is actuated from a front side of the control panel. A coupling element accessible from the front side of the control panel is provided for an interchange of diagnosis data and/or parametrization data. The coupling element is associated with the circuit breakers.

Claims

1. A circuit breaker configuration, comprising:

a number of circuit breakers each to be connected via lines to a system component of a power distribution system;

a plurality of control buttons with a respective one of said control buttons connected to a respective one of said circuit breakers, said respective control button for said respective circuit breaker passing through a control panel and being actuated from a front side of the control panel; and

a coupling element accessible from the front side of the control panel for an interchange of diagnosis data and/or parametrization data, said coupling element associated with said circuit breakers, said coupling element for bus-free data interchange with the power distribution system being connected within said respective circuit breaker to a line terminal of the system component associated with said respective circuit breaker.

2. The circuit breaker configuration according to claim 1, wherein said coupling element is configured for bidirectional data interchange.

3. The circuit breaker configuration according to claim 1, wherein said coupling element is a transmission and/or reception device for data interchange.

4. The circuit breaker configuration according to claim 1, wherein said coupling element is disposed in the control panel.

5. The circuit breaker configuration according to claim 1, wherein said coupling element is disposed in a vicinity of or in said control button of the respective circuit breaker.

6. The circuit breaker configuration according to claim 1, wherein:

said circuit breakers each have a breaker-internal processing unit and breaker elements; and

said coupling element is connected to said breaker-internal processing unit of said respective circuit breaker for measuring and/or controlling breaker-relevant data or said breaker elements.

7. The circuit breaker configuration according to claim 1, wherein said circuit breakers each includes:

a breaker-internal connection between said coupling element and the line terminal; and

an auxiliary switching element connected into said breaker-internal connection between said coupling element and the line terminal.

8. The circuit breaker configuration according to claim 7, wherein:

said circuit breakers each has a main switching element; and

said auxiliary switching element is coupled to said main switching element of said respective circuit breaker such that data interchange with the respective system component only takes place when said main switching element is open.