Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
200303000 | Split housing | 14 |
20080230359 | ELECTRICALLY INSULATED CONDUCTOR CONNECTION ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An electrically insulated conductor connection assembly and a method for providing the same are provided. The electrically insulated conductor connection assembly includes first and second electrical conductors each comprising a body portion and an end portion. A fastening mechanism electrically and mechanically connects the end portions of the first electrical conductor to the end portion of the second electrical conductor, and an insulator overlays and electrically insulates the fastening mechanism. The end portions of the first and second electrical conductors and the fastening mechanism form a joint, which is structured to be fastenable and unfastenable. When the joint is fastened and the insulator is overlaying the fastening mechanism, the joint is electrically insulated. | 09-25-2008 |
20090014298 | FRAME FOR CIRCUIT BREAKER - Disclosed is a frame for a circuit breaker, including: a plurality of unit frames having a plurality of inner spaces, and a connection unit coupled between two adjacent unit frames among the unit frames and connecting the two unit frames to each other, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost as well as facilitating its manufacture and reducing the manufacturing time. | 01-15-2009 |
20090014299 | Service switching device with insulating housing - The disclosure relates to a service switching device with an insulating housing, which has a front-panel side and an opposite fastening side as well as narrow and broad sides connecting the front-panel and the fastening sides, comprising at least one first housing shell and at least one covering part, which are connected by first connecting means, which act on the broad sides of the housing shell and the covering part and hold them together whilst forming a peripheral joining line, the insulating housing comprising accommodating areas for connection terminals in the region of the narrow sides. A second connecting means is provided in the region of a terminal accommodating area and in the region of the narrow side associated therewith, which second connecting means holds the housing shell and the covering part together there at the joining line. | 01-15-2009 |
20090200145 | Control unit with a monitoring apparatus - A control unit including a monitoring apparatus is disclosed, with the monitoring apparatus having an operating element and an attachment element. In at least one embodiment, the control unit is in two parts and includes an operating unit and switching elements. The required spatial association between the operating unit and the switching element is intended to be monitored in a cost-effective and reliable manner. For this purpose, when the monitoring apparatus is installed correctly, at least one second switching element can be operated by way of an operating member, and a first switching element is operated at the same time by way of the operating element of the monitoring apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
20100044199 | DISCONNECTING SWITCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A DISCONNECTING SWITCH DEVICE - A circuit breaker device has a first electrode piece and a second electrode piece. In order to ensure protection from weather, the circuit breaker device is equipped with an electrically isolating housing. The electrically isolating housing has a first shell and a second shell. The first shell serves as a volatile casing for the second shell during production. | 02-25-2010 |
20100264000 | SPACE ALLOCATION WITHIN A CIRCUIT BREAKER - A single pole module of a circuit breaker is disclosed. The housing includes a first portion and a second portion, and an interior wall separating the first portion from the second portion. The first portion includes a first section receiving a circuit board and a second section receiving a lever mechanism. The second portion includes a first section receiving an electromagnetic protection device, a second section receiving an arc extinguishing device, a third section receiving a thermal protection device, and a fourth section receiving an operating mechanism. The first and second sections of the first portion occupy substantially half of the housing and the first, second, third and fourth sections of the second portion occupy substantially half of the housing and the second section of the first portion and the third section of the second portion are opposite each other. | 10-21-2010 |
20100276267 | SWITCH ASSEMBLY - A switch assembly having a housing with a lower housing portion removably securable to an upper housing portion is provided. A switch subassembly including a printed circuit board (PCB) is removably secured within the lower housing portion. A mechanical switch assembly and a sensor are electrically connected to the PCB, and the PCB includes circuitry to place each of the mechanical switch assembly and the sensor into electrical communication with an external source. The switch assembly further includes a plunger engageable with the mechanical switch assembly. | 11-04-2010 |
20100326802 | SWITCHING DEVICE FOR LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a switching device for low voltage systems comprising one or more accessory devices. The switching device according to the invention comprises a case containing at least one pair of contacts that can be reciprocally coupled/decoupled. The device furthermore comprises a containment structure to contain at least one accessory device of the switching device. Said structure is provided with means for interfacing with the accessory device which comprises a body that can be inserted in the containment structure. The accessory device also comprises coupling means to couple it to the containment structure and operating means which interact with the switching device via the interface means of the containment structure. The accessory device is also provided with disengagement means operatively connected to the coupling means. Said disengagement means, once activated, free the coupling means to permit extraction of the accessory device from the containment structure. | 12-30-2010 |
20110073448 | ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE SWITCH POLE HOUSINGS AND HAVING A JOINING FACILITY FOR JOINING THE SWITCH POLE HOUSINGS AND A MULTI-POLE ELECTRIC SWITCHING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT - An arrangement includes at least two separate switch pole housings and a joining facility for joining the switch pole housings. In at least one embodiment, each of the switch pole housings forms an insulating enclosure of a switching space for receiving a single switch pole of an electric switching device which has a lower wall, an upper wall, two side walls, a rear wall and a front wall and in which at least a first one of the two switch pole housings has on a first one of the side walls, facing the second one of the switch pole housings, at least one recess for receiving at least one joining device of the joining facility. In order to reliably join the switch pole housings to one another whilst maintaining a preferred installation direction extending transversely to the front walls of the switch pole housings, in at least one embodiment the at least one recess forms a first undercut with respect to the first one of the side walls and a first locating surface in parallel with the front wall, the at least one joining device being constructed as contour element in such a manner that it engages behind the first undercut and is braced against the first locating surface, and the contour element having a receiving opening, extending in parallel with the first one of the side walls, for receiving at least one fastening device of the joining facility. | 03-31-2011 |
20120186957 | Electric Switch - An electric switch is disclosed including an at least two-part housing including a first housing part, a second housing part connected to the first housing part and including at least one pole cartridge which is enclosed by the two-part housing and is preassembled in the second housing part. In at least one embodiment, the first housing part is connected to the pole cartridge with the aid of at least one fastening device. | 07-26-2012 |
20120298490 | SWITCHING APPARATUS - A switching apparatus for fastening to carrier rails in switching systems or the like, has a housing in which a switching unit and a device, which is formed on the underside of the housing, for attaching and locking onto a carrier rail. The device comprises a cut-out adapted to the profile of the carrier rail and is provided with an element which can be displaced with respect to the cut-out and is disposed in an aperture of the housing. The displaceable element is a tongue integrally formed on the underside of the housing by means of at least two ribs. The ribs extend in parallel with one another and are integrally formed at one end on the housing, whereas the tongue is integrally formed at the other end of the ribs. | 11-29-2012 |
20130092515 | MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING SHORT CIRCUIT CONDITIONS - A molded case circuit breaker includes a molded case containing a circuit breaker trip unit, and multiple line connector lugs attached to an end portion of the molded case for connecting the trip unit to power cables from a power source. Rigid support brackets attached to a rigid supporting surface extend along a pair of opposite outer side walls of the molded case adjacent the lugs to resist outward movement of the side walls in the event of a short circuit condition that exerts distorting forces on the lugs and the portions of the molded case adjacent the lugs. The rigid support brackets may be attached to a supporting pan attached to the portion of the molded case adjacent the lugs. | 04-18-2013 |
20140151203 | Wiring Device with Color Change Kit - The present disclosure provides a wiring device having a color change kit. The color change kit includes a removable skirt and switch cover. The skirt and switch cover, which are disposed on the wiring device and accessible by an end-user, are easily detachable from the wiring device. Thus, the skirt and the switch cover are replaced without replacing the entire wiring device. Further, the skirt and switch cover is replaced without removing the wiring device from a wall box or further disassembling the entire wiring device. In certain exemplary embodiments, the skirt is disposed within a housing of the wiring device, and the switch cover is disposed within the skirt. | 06-05-2014 |
20150008109 | ELECTRONIC HOUSING FOR SWITCHING DEVICES, IN PARTICULAR FOR LOW-VOLTAGE SWITCHING DEVICES - An electronic housing is disclosed for switching devices, including a housing lower part and a housing upper part. In an embodiment, a guide is formed in the interface region between the housing upper part and the housing lower part such that the housing upper part can be slid onto the housing lower part in the X direction via the guide in a fully automatic process. | 01-08-2015 |