| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 307143000 | Electrical actuator | 14 |
| 20090251011 | Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker With Capacitor Bank Supervisor - A Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker that has at least a pair of contact mutually coupleable and uncoupleable to carry out an opening/closing operation, a magnetic actuator operatively connected to at least one of the contacts, and a capacitor bank that has one or more capacitors that deliver power to the magnetic actuator for carrying out the opening/closing operation and a control device. The Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker further has a supervisor device of the capacitor bank which measures the Equivalent Series Resistance and/or the Capacitance of the capacitor bank system. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090273243 | Wall-Mountable Timer for an Electrical Load - A wall-mountable electrical timer for controlling the delivery of power from an AC power source to an electrical load, such as a lamp or a fan motor, includes: a timer adjustment actuator for selecting a predetermined time period of operation for the load; a toggle actuator for starting the timer, turning off the timer, and placing the timer in a bypass mode of operation; a vertical linear array of light-emitting diode visual indicators for indicating the length of a predetermined time period, the time remaining, and whether the timer is in the bypass mode; a controllably conductive device for regulating the delivery of power from the AC source to the load; and a controller for receiving inputs from the timer adjustment actuator and the toggle actuator, and for transmitting outputs to the visual indicators and the controllably conductive device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20110095625 | Fault Tolerant Service Switch Operation in a Utility Meter - An arrangement for controllably disconnecting a utility power service from a load includes a meter housing, a service switch, an electrically-powered source of motive force, and energy storage device, and a charging circuit. The meter housing includes metrology circuitry configured to generate metering information regarding electrical power provided to the load. The service switch is configured to controllably interrupt a connection between the utility power service and the load. The electrically-powered source of motive force is configured to cause the service switch to controllably interrupt the connection between the utility power service and the load. The energy storage device is operably connected to provide power to the electrically-powered source of motive force. The charging circuit is configured to provide charging energy to the energy storage device. The energy storage device is configured to provide sufficient power to the electrically-power source of motive force after being at least partially charged by the charging circuit. The arrangement further includes a control circuit configured to provide a first signal to a first switch operably connecting the energy storage device to the electrically powered source of motive force, and to provide a second signal to a second switch operably connecting the charging circuit to the energy storage device. The control circuit is configured to receive a disconnect command signal, and to provide the second signal and the first signal in sequence responsive to receiving the disconnect command signal. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110121664 | Fault Tolerant Service Switch Operation in a Utility Meter - An arrangement for controllably disconnecting a utility power service from a load includes a meter housing, a service switch, an electrically-powered source of motive force, and energy storage device, and a charging circuit. The meter housing includes metrology circuitry configured to generate metering information regarding electrical power provided to the load. The service switch is configured to controllably interrupt a connection between the utility power service and the load. The electrically-powered source of motive force is configured to cause the service switch to controllably interrupt the connection between the utility power service and the load. The energy storage device is operably connected to provide power to the electrically-powered source of motive force. The charging circuit is configured to provide charging energy to the energy storage device. The energy storage device is configured to provide sufficient power to the electrically-power source of motive force after being at least partially charged by the charging circuit. The arrangement further includes a control circuit configured to provide a first signal to a first switch operably connecting the energy storage device to the electrically powered source of motive force, and to provide a second signal to a second switch operably connecting the charging circuit to the energy storage device. The control circuit is configured to receive a disconnect command signal, and to provide the second signal and the first signal in sequence responsive to receiving the disconnect command signal. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20130015723 | Safe Switch System and Method - An apparatus comprises an enclosure, an electronic switch, and a solar panel. The enclosure is operable to house electronic components and is configured to be explosion proof. The electronic switch is in communication with the enclosure and the solar panel. The solar panel is operable to deliver power to the electronic switch without accumulating charge. The solar panel is further configured to deliver power to the electronic switch without generating any sparks. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130038143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ZERO POWER STANDBY MODE FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A zero power standby system for controlling electric appliances is able to wait for switch on instructions without any power consumption. This is done by a remote controller ( | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130062971 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR MOTORIZED CIRCUIT BREAKER - A circuit breaker module includes an electrically controlled actuator, such as a DC motor, operable to move a breaker contact between open and closed positions. An actuator power supply circuit coupled to an AC power source is configured to selectively energize the actuator, responsive to an actuation input. A processing circuit is configured to control the actuator power supply circuit to activate the actuator in response to breaker command signals, using the actuation input. The processing circuit is further configured to delay activations of the actuator as needed to enforce a predetermined cooling interval between successive actuations. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130264890 | SAFETY SWITCHING DEVICE FOR THE FAILSAFE SHUTDOWN OF AN ELECTRICAL LOAD - A safety switching device for the failsafe shutdown of an electrical load has at least one input circuit for receiving an input signal from a signaling device which signals a safety-related state, an evaluation and control unit for evaluating the input signal, and at least one output circuit for outputting an output signal. The safety switching device further has at least one switching element for interrupting a current supply path to the load in dependence on the input signal. The input circuit and the output circuit are joined at a device connector so that the device connector can selectively be used as an input for receiving the input signal or as an output for outputting the output signal. The input circuit has a test switch which is coupled to the evaluation and control unit which is designed for selectively suppressing the input signal using the test switch. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140139048 | INDUCTION GENERATOR - An induction generator, for a wireless switch, having a magnetic element with north pole and south pole contact sections, and a coil core having pole contact sections, which can contact with the north pole contact section and the south pole contact section. The magnetic element and the coil core are disposed so as to be movable relative to one another so that a reversal of the magnetic flux direction in the coil core can be generated when switching between first and second idle position, which define a direction of relative movement, in which the north pole and the south pole contact sections each contacts the respective associated pole contact sections. The induction generator has a magnetizable sliding contact section for sliding guidance of the relative movement between the coil core and magnetic element, and this sliding contact section extends parallel to the direction of movement. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140145521 | Action output device for micro breaker - An action output device for a micro breaker, connecting with more than one micro breaker, includes: a shell, the shell comprises: a motor, which is for outputting a torque; an action unit, which is for achieving switching the micro breaker on and off, comprising a rotating part, a poking part, and a linking piece, wherein, the torque outputted by the motor is got by the rotating part; the linking piece is drove to swing by the poking part; the linking piece is connected with an action mechanism of the micro breaker for driving to switch on and off; and a control unit, which controls the motor turning on and off. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140191592 | Electro-mechanical energy harvesting switch - An electro-mechanical energy harvesting switch configured to provide at least two different control signals comprises: a generator activating member ( | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140354083 | SWITCH - A switch is provided. The switch includes a control chip and a trigger device. The trigger device is coupled to a first pin of the control chip. When a user uses the trigger to generate a first control signal, and the control chip detects the first control signal via the first pin, the control chip switches the operating mode of the switch to a managed mode from an unmanaged mode according to the first control signal. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150322748 | SWITCHING DEVICE FOR, AND A METHOD OF SWITCHING, A DOWNHOLE TOOL - The switching device comprises an electronic switch embedded within a downhole tool ( | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160379786 | ELECTRICAL SWITCH - An electrical switch for switching an electric current is disclosed. The electrical switch includes an electronic trip unit, embodied in a bipartite fashion. A first part of the trip unit is fixedly connected to the electrical switch and includes protection functions of the electrical switch. A second part of the trip unit is embodied mountably and detachably on the electrical switch and defines the protection functions enabled for the customer. | 12-29-2016 |
