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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116919 | Circuit breaker configuration A circuit breaker configuration contains a number of circuit breakers each to be connected via lines to a system component of a power distribution system and a plurality of control buttons with a respective one of the control buttons connected to a respective one of... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7978033 | Protection switch A protection switch, particularly for fast switching, includes at least one single-pole protection switch module having a housing, a movable contact mounted on a switching arm for pivoting against a fixed contact between closed and open positions, a manual operating... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7834614 | Method and apparatus for evaluating rapid changes in current In order to detect and evaluate changes in current as a result of electric arcs, a sensor signal, differentiated on the basis of time, is produced with a sensor-dependent frequency bandwidth whose upper cutoff frequency is 40 MHz and whose lower cutoff frequency is ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834290 | Protection switch A protection switch, particularly for rapid quenching of electrical arcing, includes at least one single-pole protection switch module having a housing, a movable contact mounted on a switching arm for pivoting against a fixed contact between a closed position and a... | 11/16/2010 |
| D619960 | Apparatus for generating, distributing or converting electrical energy | 07/20/2010 |
| 7706927 | Circuit breaker configuration A circuit breaker configuration contains a number of circuit breakers each to be connected via lines to a system component of a power distribution system and a plurality of control buttons with a respective one of the control buttons connected to a respective one of... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7633022 | Circuit breaker system A circuit breaker system has a switch, in particular in the form of a controllable power semiconductor, which is connected between a voltage input and a load output for the purpose of switching a load within a current path. The circuit breaker system further include... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7481469 | Door lock for an oven A door lock for an oven includes a lock housing, a geared motor, an actuating shaft to be driven by the geared motor, a retaining plate and a locking element formed as a lever to be operated by the actuating shaft. The lever is mounted on the retaining plate and has... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7477030 | Ceiling fan with illumination A ceiling fan with electrical illumination has a fan casing and a connection casing for connection of a fan motor and at least one light source to a power supply system. An electronic control device integrated in the ceiling fan automatically limits the electrical p... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7414828 | Modular current distributor for high currents A current distributor includes a common, uninterrupted first main busbar as a main current supply and a number of current distributor modules which are each associated with a respective circuit breaker and can be disposed in a row along the main busbar. The current ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400095 | Portable electric lighting fixture A portable electrical luminaire (1) having a supporting body (2) having an upper support end (2a) and having a lower support end (2b), having a lamp base (3) arranged on the upper support end (2a) for ac... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7336149 | Circuit breaker having a bimetallic snap-action disk A circuit breaker includes a bimetallic snap-action disk fixed to a bimetallic connection disposed in the vicinity of a fixed contact connection inside a coverable housing. The bimetallic disk has a contact end with a contact superposed with a fixed contact of the f... | 02/26/2008 |
| D562265 | Circuit breaker/switch | 02/19/2008 |
| 7038562 | Simulation switch The invention relates to a simulation switch for incorporation into a flight simulator and to the simulation of an excess-current circuit breaker which can be manually actuated using an actuating element (10). The inventive simulation switch comprises a switc... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6900405 | Sealed circuit breaker with push-pull actuation A circuit breaker has a threaded collar fixed on a breaker housing and an approximately cylindrical actuating element displaceably guided in a bore of the threaded collar and partially protruding from the breaker housing for manual push-pull actuation in an advantag... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6886868 | Door-locking assembly A door latch is particularly suited for a washing machine door. The device has a pivotally mounted rotary catch for latching onto a locking element and a pivotally mounted blocking or arresting element. The latter is pivotally mounted between a latching position tha... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6873161 | Method and device for detecting accidental arcs The invention relates to a method for detecting accidental arcs (arc tracking) on a cable (1), especially on a cable of an aircraft electrical system. According to said method, an alternating current signal (I(t)) that has been detected is sampled time-discre... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6590489 | Circuit breaker for protecting electric circuits in road vehicles A circuit breaker for protecting electrical circuits, particularly in motor vehicles, includes a flat housing, which comprises an insulating material and has two adjacent flat plugs. A bimetal that is embodied as a snap-action element and is fixed to a fl... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6490141 | Power distribution system A power distribution system includes circuits each having an electronic circuit breaker as a protection for short-circuits and/or overloads, and a clocked power supply unit. The clocked power supply unit is connected to the circuits and feeds power to the... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6191948 | Power supply device A device, used in particular in telecommunications technology to supply power to parallel-connected, electrical loads has side-by-side arranged potential lines. These are secured inside a connecting housing, with connections for supplying the operating po... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6040747 | Overcurrent circuit breaker An overcurrent circuit breaker arranged inside an approximately cube-shaped, two-part insulating housing, having a chassis section and a locking section. Located between the parallel side walls of the housing sections is a switchgear with a contact bridge... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5604476 | Protective device for an electrical consumer A protective device for an electrical consumer disposed in a consumer circuit. The protective device has sensor elements for detecting an operating state of the electrical consumer, and an electronic evaluation and control unit operatively connected to th... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5558211 | Push-button actuated safety switch A protective switch having an actuation side. The protective switch includes a base having walls, a pivot shaft connected to the walls of the base, and a switching rocker pivotal on the pivot shaft to be pivotally seated on the base. The switching rocker ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5491460 | Instrument switch having integrated overcurrent protection An electrical instrument switch includes a rocker switch for manual on-and-off switching and that is seated in an insulation housing. Depending on the pivot position, the rocker switch moves, with a working end that dips into the housing interior, a conta... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5451729 | Single or multipole circuit breaker A single- or multi-pole circuit breaker has a housing that includes a housing shell and a closure shell attached thereto to form a hollow chamber. The closure shell and the housing shell each having an inside wall surface extending parallel to a shell pla... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5432491 | Bimetal controlled circuit breaker A bimetal controlled circuit breaker includes a current bus that is electrically connected in series with the bimetal element. The current bus extends parallel to the bimetal element in the deflection plane of the latter and is rigid relative to the bimet... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5392196 | Electrical installation device for fastening to a carrier rail An electrical installation device for fastening in an attachment position on a carrier rail includes an instrument housing made of insulating plastic and having an instrument housing wall and a bottom facing the carrier rail in an attachment position. A s... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5381121 | Remote controlled overload protective switch A circuit breaker which is remote controllable by an external remote control switch by way of an electronic control unit and an electromagnetic switch drive controlled by the electronic control unit. The switch drive switches the electric circuit by a swi... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5153552 | Thermally tripped circuit breaker with adjustable tripping sensitivity A push button operated circuit breaker with thermal tripping by way of a bimetal strip includes an angled contact bridge which is mounted within a switch housing to be freely pivotal and is urged in a tripping direction by a tripping spring against a cont... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5062668 | Safety lock for the doors of electrical applicances A safety door lock for a door of an electrical appliance includes a longitudinally displaceable detent bolt mounted in a door of an appliance, a door lock housing having an opening receiving the free end of the detent bolt, and a longitudinally displaceab... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4990882 | Push-button actuated overload protection switch A push button actuated excess current protection switch, particularly an on-board electrical system protection switch with manual actuation and bimetal controlled automatic tripping includes a switch latch (7) actuated by the push button (41) and a bimeta... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4947010 | Electrical equipment housing A housing for electrical equipment, for insertion into an installation opening of a switching panel, includes a housing body which can be pushed through the installation opening in an insertion direction and a covering wall connected to the housing body w... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4864268 | Pushbutton actuated overload protection switch A push-button actuated overload protection switch, particularly an on-board protection switch having instant ON switching as well as manual, thermal and/or electromagnetic tripping. The switch has various components such as a switch housing, a pushbutton ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4814738 | Overload protection switch An overload protection switch having a push button for manually initiating actuation of the overload protection switch and a movable contact member forming a switching path and having at least one fixed contact. There is a lockable trip mechanism actuated... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4704594 | Overload protection switch with single push button for turn-on and turn-off A push button actuated overload protection switch includes a bimetal member which holds a contact bridge in a latched ON position. The contact bridge is configured as an approximately rectangular angle lever and is mounted on a switch rod so as to be free... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4682138 | Push-button actuated overload protective circuit breaker In an overload protective circuit breaker, a fixed contact element and a bimetal contact element are arranged in parallel beside each other. When a current overload occurs and the bimetal junction is heated, a movable contact post on a snap disc mounted o... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4667175 | Overload protective circuit breaker A preferably push button-actuated overload protective circuit breaker with bimetal cut-out is devised for being plugged into a flat female plug socket. The circuit breaker comprises a bimetal contact element and a fixed contact element besides each other ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4620735 | Door-bolting device for electrical appliances A door-bolting device for electrical appliances, in particular washing machines, comprises a longitudinally displaceable slide bolt having a locking opening for a door-locking hook, one or two bolting openings for engagement by a bolting rod, and a lock-d... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4612528 | Single or multiple pole overload protective circuit breaker having an integrated signal contact point A single pole or multi-pole, manually or thermally operable overload protective circuit breaker contains in its main switching chamber an elbow lever which consists of an actuating arm and a main contact arm, and functions as active connection between an ... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4573031 | Push button-actuated overload protective circuit breaker A push button-actuated overload protective circuit breaker with bimetal cutout comprises a housing between the sidewalls of which two contact segments are held in position, and a push button and a pressure spring associated therewith are guided for longit... | 02/25/1986 |
