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Gas actuated high voltage bushing

  • US 4,099,155 A
  • Filed: 11/10/1976
  • Issued: 07/04/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A gas-actuated high voltage bushing comprising:

  • a dielectric housing,a bore contact,an electrically conductive member in said housing supporting said bore contact for axial movement in said housing,fusible means in said housing connected to said bore contact and to said conductive member, and electrically conductive means carried by said bore contact for conducting normal current flow around said fusible means to said conductive member, said fusible means fusing in response to fault current flow for increasing the pressure within said housing to move said bore contact axially in said bushing.

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