Patents Assigned to Telemecanique
  • Patent number: 5339060
    Abstract: A protective switch device such as a relay switch includes at least one pole having at least one moving contact that cooperates with a stationary contact and a magnetic or thermal trip mechanism for assuring protection against overloads and excess currents and that acts on a control mechanism actuating the moving contact and that can be activated by a rotary control knob rotating about a pivot pin. Recocking of the control mechanism is possible from a "tripped" to an "off" or from a "tripped" to an "on" position. The control mechanism includes a lever for opening the contacts that pivots from an on position corresponding to the closing of the contacts to a position corresponding to the opening of the contacts. The opening lever is associated with a pivoting cocking mechanism, which is able to bring back and hold the opening lever in the on position. A trip mechanism is provided which is able to control the mechanical separation of the opening lever and the cocking mechanism so as to free the opening lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Christian Blanchard, Michel Lauraire, Didier Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 5313372
    Abstract: Terminal block for automation device, notably for programmable controller, mounted movably and electrically connected to an interface module. The lateral wall of the body of the terminal block which is situated on the side of the openings for passage of the flexible leads connected the units of the automated system comprises a pivoting flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Chabert, Andre Goletto
  • Patent number: 5300906
    Abstract: A current switching device includes stationary contacts, and movable contacts which are movable between a position in which the movable contacts engage the stationary contacts and a position in which the movable contacts separate from the stationary contacts. The movable contacts are mounted on a movable contact holder. A magnetic locking element includes a permanent magnet and is pivotally mounted about a fixed axis. An actuation armature is connected to the contact holder and is movable to move the contact holder. The actuation armature is movable in proximity to the magnetic locking elements such that the actuation armature is locked to the magnetic locking element by magnetic attraction with the movable contacts engaging the stationary contacts. An opening armature is movable between a rest position and a position in proximity to the magnetic locking element, such that the opening armature is locked to the magnetic locking element by magnetic attraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Christian Blanchard, Michel Lauraire, Didier Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 5293521
    Abstract: A protective switch device such as a relay switch is provided with at least one pole having contacts that can be separated. It includes a control mechanism (5) that can cause the opening and closing of contacts (21, 31) and that can be actuated by a protective device (4) that can act in case of electrical failure, and a manual control button (6) controlling an electromagnet (7) for operating the contacts. A moving trap door (11) opens and closes an opening of the box so as to make it possible to change the coil of electromagnet (7). The trap door (11) cooperates with a trap door locking element (81) that can be displaced between a closed position where it immobilizes the trap door on the box and an open position making it possible to open the trap door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Christian Blanchard, Michel Lauraire, Didier Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 5293002
    Abstract: A proximity detector has a casing containing a probe (4) and a printed circuit (3), the upper end of the casing being closed by a plug (35) provided with a filling orifice (14) and with connecting-pins (36). The nozzle of a plastic injector (13) is fitted in position within the filling orifice, said nozzle being provided with two adjacent ducts. A hardenable resin is caused by centrifugation to flow into the casing via a first duct while simultaneously driving-out the air which is present within the casing via the second duct, thus ensuring rapid and efficient filling. When the casing has been filled and the resin has hardened, the injector (13) is cut-off in close proximity to the plug (35). Complete filling can be checked by inspecting the surface appearance of the two leading portions of solidified resin flux which are thus visible at the level of the orifice (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Gilles Grenet, Catherine Ullmann, Gerard Pitault
  • Patent number: 5289146
    Abstract: A reversing contactor apparatus in a single case is disclosed, comprising electro-mechanical locking means.These means which comprise a mobile mechanical locking piece, further having surfaces for actuating locking switches, are placed substantially in the plane of a median dividing wall, on each side of which each of the two contactors of the apparatus are disposed; these conductors connect these switches in series to each contactor coil and, respectively, to a connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Raymond Plumeret, Patrick Morinaud, Jacques Olifant, Andre Vergez
  • Patent number: 5285355
    Abstract: Modular electronic unit comprised of pivotably mounted modules leaning against a support in the form of a plate, notably for programmable controllers. A tightening spring is placed between the housing of each module and the support, near the lower rear end of the housing, and is gradually brought under stress by pressing on a heel during pivoting of the module, while stops of the housing come and rest frontally against the web plate of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Chabert, Andre Goletto
  • Patent number: 5276417
    Abstract: A current switching device comprises, in a box, at least one polar current path, disposed between two connecting terminals. The at least one polar current path comprising, in series, a break pole formed by at least one stationary contact and at least one mobile contact, a protective thermal tripping device having a bi-metal strip surrounded by a heater element and a protective magnetic tripping device having a coil wound around a coil form in which a mobile core slides. A wire of the coil being connected by an intermediate conductor to an end of the heater element. A wire of the heater element comprising a lower end which is substantially straight and without curvature, the lower end of the wire of the heater element being soldered to the intermediate conductor. The intermediate conductor being soldered to a substantially straight lower end of the coil wire. The two tripping devices being carried by a support which is slidably removable from the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Christian Blanchard, Michel Lauraire, Didler Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 5261830
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electrical connection device comprising conductive bars of electrical conduits and further comprising, on the one hand, conductive splicing pads each joining ends of the conductive bars aligned end to end and, on the other hand, insulating splice elements that are inserted between the conductive bars so as to insulate them. The stack made of the inserted insulating elements and of the splicing pads on the conductive bar ends is tightened by a common bolt-type tightening element that goes through them. Further, at least one of the splicing pads comprises at least one separable part so that this separable splicing pad part can be removed and replaced with a branch output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Gerard Jego, Jean-Yves Teinturier, Jean-Pierre Thierry
  • Patent number: 5253343
    Abstract: A method for the management of a memory of message or similar information in a station of a data transmission network, having a bus arbitrator governing the access, to the bus, by the different stations, wherein the emission of messages by a station implies the sending, to the arbitrator, of a corresponding request and the storage, by this arbitrator, with the order being preserved, of all the requests received by the station, then subsequently the sending, by the arbitrator, towards the station considered, of permission to emit. The method comprises steps of the storage, successively in the memory, of the pieces of information to be emitted, with their order being preserved, the modification, when a request is accepted by the arbitrator, of the value of an index of access to said memory and the emission, whenever permission to emit is received by the arbitrator, of the information designated by an indicator indexed by said index. Also disclosed is a station to implement the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: La Telemecanique Electric
    Inventor: Jean-Marie Grave
  • Patent number: 5249268
    Abstract: The process disclosed is appliable to transmission of data of the multiplexed series type between entities capable of emitting or receiving data, to or from the line. Each entity connected to the line can access all the data flowing in the line, and all the exchanged data are modeled by a distributed data base which is updated and maintianed by the fact that each entity stores and updates a local copy of the corresponding useful part of the data base it contains. Each time an entity is placed in service, a coherence check is carried out to ensure that the emitting and consuming entities interpret data in the same way. The coherence check is carried out by a protocol without prior contact or acknowledgement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventor: Rene Doucet
  • Patent number: 5240438
    Abstract: An electrical or electronical motor control composed of a switch and of an electromechanical component, each chosen from a group of different types of respectively switches and electromechanical components. A switch and an electromechanical component together form a control box. In a preferred embodiment, the electromechanical component includes a universal multiple pin connector whereas the switch is provided with a complementary multiple pin connector and the connection between those connectors is such that only the appropriate pins required to produce the appropriate result for a particular switch/electromechanical component combination are activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique Canada Ltee
    Inventors: Rejean Desranleau, Yvan Gingras
  • Patent number: 5233321
    Abstract: A protective switch device such as a contactor/circuit-breaker comprises double-contact switch poles. Contact bridges are housed in a mobile support. Slide members guided in slots of the support and commanded by a tripping mechanism can be applied to the bridges. The mobile support can be actuated by a solenoid without the contact pressure springs transmitting any reaction force to the armature of the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Christian Blanchard, Michel Lauraire, Didier Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 5222135
    Abstract: Method for controlling the use of a data-processing workstation (1) by password, comprising storage of the password within the workstation and, at each initialization of this latter, acquisition of a password proposition followed by a comparison of this proposition with the stored password. The password is stored in a controlled-erasure permanent memory unit. In order to release the workstation (1) in the event of loss of the password, provision is made for generation (D1) of a set (36) of data associated with the blocked workstation, communication (D2) of part of these data by the user to an authorized service (S), supply (D3) in return by this service of coded release data (43), acquisition (D4) of these latter by the user on the workstation, thereby resulting, in the event of compliance, in erasure of the initial password and in release of the workstation. Application in an industrial environment to control of the use of offline or network workstations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Christian Hardy, Gilbert Barillier
  • Patent number: 5219416
    Abstract: Elastic devices (3) abruptly actuate a contact carrier (9) in the upward direction when a push-member (1) reaches a tensioning position (E) from a position of rest (R). In the event of any blockage preventing such abrupt movement a lever (24) constrainedly produces the movement when the push-member (1) continues its movement as far as a constrained actuation position (A). The push-member carries colored zones (101, 102). The contact carrier carries a colored zone (104). From the relative position of these zones viewed through a window in the casing (100), the user can adjust the positioning of the limit switch with respect to a movable member intended to actuate it so that the two phases of the actuation take place at the required points. The user can also check whether the contact carrier moves in response to the elastic devices or in response to the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Michel Rochard, Jean-Pierre Guymard, Pierre Neau
  • Patent number: 5218332
    Abstract: A switch device comprises at least one switch comprising in a casing at least one fixed contact cooperating with a mobile contact movable in a switching chamber by a tripping mechanism. The casing comprises a base fastened to walls which delimit a channel constituting the switching chamber which cooperates with a closure module carrying an electrical conductor which connects the fixed contact to a connecting terminal, the combination of the casing and the module constituting the switching chamber. This design facilitates industrial manufacture of the device and improves its insulating and operating qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventors: Christian Blanchard, Michel Lauraire, Didier Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 5218521
    Abstract: A converter circuit supplied with a pulsed current by a primary source is protected against overload by producing a first voltage representing the product of the mean pulsed current and a first duty factor and a second voltage representing the product of the maximum wanted power and a second duty factor. The first and second voltages are compared and the output power of the converter is limited if the first voltage becomes greater than the second. The invention finds a particular application in regulated voltage power supplies which must be kept within acceptable operating limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Augier
  • Patent number: 5196792
    Abstract: A detector having a housing (12), a mounting (3) which is able to adopt four orientations relative to the housing (12), and a detector head (4) which is able to adopt, relative to the mounting (3), two orientations in one of which a sensitive face (29) of the head is oriented laterally relative to the axis (Z) of the housing (12), while in the other orientation the sensitive face (29) is centered on the axis (Z). The mounting (3), which can be separated from the housing (12), can engage through either of two recessed faces (33, 34) of the head, by the sliding of slideways (56) of the mounting between a base (38) and protuberances (43) of the head. The position of association of the head relative to the mounting is defined by the abutment of faces (48) of the protuberances (43) against stop faces (57) of the mounting. A pivot (18) of the mounting is then fixed in an aperture (22 ) of the housing. This mounting is used in order to eliminate screw fixings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventor: Michel Lafaye
  • Patent number: D336462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventor: Fabrice Maes
  • Patent number: D343162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Telemecanique
    Inventor: Christian Bouteiller