Detachable Switch Actuation Assembly With Stable Positioning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional switching apparatuses face challenges in maintaining reliable operation under high-load conditions due to difficult assembly and disassembly of actuation assemblies, necessitating frequent maintenance and impacting durability and reliability.

Innovation Solution

A switching apparatus design featuring a breaking assembly, actuation assembly, and middle cover that facilitate detachable coupling and energy transmission, with positioning brackets and auxiliary positioning parts ensuring accurate alignment and stability, allowing for easier maintenance and improved reliability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional switches are used under high-load conditions, then the switch can operate, but the actuation assemblies require periodic maintenance and inspection, reducing reliability and service life

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveswitch reliabilityVSAvoidactuation assembly maintenance
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The switch is divided into separate assemblies: a breaking assembly and an actuation assembly that can be detachably coupled. The actuation assembly can be independently removed and replaced without disassembling the entire switch, enabling easy maintenance and inspection of actuating components under high-load conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The coupling between the breaking assembly and actuation assembly is designed to be detachable rather than fixed. This allows the actuation assembly to be dynamically separated from the breaking assembly for maintenance purposes, then reconnected to restore full functionality, improving serviceability without compromising operational reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Stability of the object's composition

If conventional switch actuation assemblies are designed for stability, then they can withstand high-load usage, but they become difficult to assemble and disassemble, increasing maintenance time and resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveactuation assembly stabilityVSAvoidmaintenance time
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The actuation assembly is designed as a separate, detachable unit from the breaking assembly. This segmentation allows maintenance personnel to quickly remove and replace only the actuation assembly without affecting the stable breaking assembly, significantly reducing maintenance time while preserving the stability needed for high-load operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The actuation assembly is positioned within or adjacent to the breaking assembly structure, allowing it to be nested or integrated during operation for stability, yet designed with coupling mechanisms that enable easy extraction when maintenance is required, balancing stability with serviceability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentEP4583137A1Switching apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.07.09 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IND SAS
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AI summary

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a switching apparatus. The switching apparatus includes a breaking assembly including a main shaft and a transmission component arranged along a direction A of the main shaft and at least one breaking unit, the transmission component includes a positioning bracket with a first positioning part and a motive power input portion located on one side of the breaking assembly in a radial direction B; an actuation assembly, including a second positioning part detachably coupled to the first positioning part and a motive power output portion coupled to the motive power input portion; and a middle cover coupled to the breaking assembly and arranged between the breaking assembly and the actuation assembly, and including an opening portion and an auxiliary positioning part, the auxiliary positioning part is coupled between the first positioning part and the second positioning part in the direction A of the main shaft.