JST POWER EQUIPMENT, INC.

A ground and test (G&T) device includes a test device housing configured to be installed within a compartment of a switchgear frame into a testing position. A ground shoe assembly engages a grounding circuit having a grounding bar carried by the switchgear frame. The ground shoe assembly includes a conductive clamp assembly that slides on the grounding bar as the test device housing is moved into the testing position. The conductive clamp assembly clamps onto the grounding bar in secure electrical contact when the test device housing is in the testing position.

A switchgear device may include a frame defining an interior compartment, an electrical breaker component carried within the interior compartment, and a first optical sensor carried within the interior compartment. The switchgear device has a grounding device coupled to the electrical breaker component and being within the interior compartment. The grounding device includes a grounding switch switching between a first open state (i.e., ungrounded state) and a second closed state (i.e., grounded state), and an actuation device coupled to the grounding switch and configured to cause the grounding switch to switch between the first open state and the second closed state. The switchgear device includes a controller coupled to the electrical breaker component, the first optical sensor, and the grounding device and configured to cause the grounding switch to switch to the second closed state based upon the first optical sensor.

Disposable hygiene article including a top sheet comprising a perforated hydrophilic non-woven fabric layer, wherein the perforated hydrophilic non-woven fabric layer has a plurality of pores and a skin facing surface and a garment facing surface opposite the skin facing surface; and a nanofiber layer disposed on the garment facing surface of the perforated hydrophilic non-woven fabric layer, wherein the nanofiber layer has densely packed nanofibers disposed between at least a portion of the plurality of pores; and loosely packed nanofibers disposed over at least a portion of the plurality of pores.

A circuit breaker includes a housing and a circuit interrupter. An indicator is movable between first and second positions corresponding to the respective closed and open breaker positions. A first indicia is indicative that the circuit interrupter is in the closed breaker position and a second indicia is indicative that the circuit interrupter is in the open breaker position. An opening is formed on the housing and aligned with the indicator to expose for view the respective first or second indicia when the circuit interrupter is in the respective closed or open breaker position.

An electrical contact assembly includes a frame and an electrically conductive frame contact carried by the frame. A conductive clamp assembly is configured to slide on the electrically conductive frame contact into a contact position and clamp into secure electrical contact with the electrically conductive frame contact. The conductive clamp assembly includes opposing electrical contacts spaced apart a distance to receive the electrically conductive frame contact and slide thereon as the conductive clamp assembly moves into the contact position. A spring assembly is engaged to each electrical contact, and a pivot arm engaged with a respective spring assembly and configured to pivot onto the respective spring assembly to bias the respective spring assembly against the respective electrical contact.

A ground and test (G&T) device includes a test device housing configured to be installed within a compartment of a switchgear frame into a testing position. A ground shoe assembly engages a grounding circuit having a grounding bar carried by the switchgear frame. The ground shoe assembly includes a conductive clamp assembly that slides on the grounding bar as the test device housing is moved into the testing position. The conductive clamp assembly clamps onto the grounding bar in secure electrical contact when the test device housing is in the testing position.

A ground and test (G&T) device includes a test device housing having upper terminals and lower terminals carried by the test device housing and engaging the load and line conductors when the test device housing in installed within the compartment of the switchgear frame. A plurality of grounding bars include a first set of grounding bars that connect the upper terminals to a lower ground bar and a second set of grounding bars that connect the lower terminals to the lower ground bus bar when the first set of grounding bars are not connected. A ground shoe assembly is connected to the lower ground bus bar and configured to engage a grounding circuit carried by the switchgear frame and includes a ground shoe bracket, bus bars, and die springs.

A testing system includes a truck carrying a circuit breaker, a fixed contact, and an actuator piston connected to a movable contact. A test platform supports the truck in a contact testing position and includes a sensor circuit mounted on the test platform and positioned under the truck and aligned with the circuit breaker when the truck is on the test platform in the contact testing position. The sensor circuit is configured to acquire displacement data of the actuator piston when the movable electrical contact is moved between the open and closed positions. A controller is coupled to the sensor circuit and configured to receive the displacement data and determine electrical contact erosion within the circuit breaker.

A circuit breaker may include a first magnetic actuator connected to a first single-phase vacuum interrupter, a second magnetic actuator connected to a second single-phase vacuum interrupter, and a third magnetic actuator connected to the third single-phase vacuum interrupter. Each magnetic actuator is configured to receive an interrupt signal, and in response, actuate a respective vacuum interrupter connected thereto into an open circuit condition. Each magnetic actuator includes a fixed core, a plurality of permanent magnets surrounding the fixed core, and a movable core received within the fixed core. A controller generates an interrupt signal to a respective magnetic actuator and interrupts one or more of the first, second and third single-phase vacuum interrupters.

A circuit breaker may include a first magnetic actuator connected to a first single-phase vacuum interrupter, a second magnetic actuator connected to a second single-phase vacuum interrupter, and a third magnetic actuator connected to the third single-phase vacuum interrupter. Each magnetic actuator is configured to receive an interrupt signal, and in response, actuate a respective vacuum interrupter connected thereto into an open circuit condition. Each magnetic actuator includes a fixed core, a plurality of permanent magnets surrounding the fixed core, and a movable core received within the fixed core. A controller generates an interrupt signal to a respective magnetic actuator and interrupts one or more of the first, second and third single-phase vacuum interrupters.