Patents by Inventor Alex Buettner

Alex Buettner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7982578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch disconnector comprising a housing portion, in which several pairs of blade receiving contacts assigned to each other or the like are arranged, which can be bridged by means of fuses, possibly comprising shock protection covers at least partially covering contact blades, and comprising a lid for receiving said fuses, which is provided in a manner hinged to the housing portion, wherein several receiving means in the form of slots, grooves or the like are formed at the inside of the lid, wherein one bearing cage is provided per fuse, and each bearing cage comprises a cage portion for inserting a fuse, wherein the cage portion is fit to the shape of the fuse to be inserted, and each bearing cage is provided with fasteners, which can be inserted in and snapped into predetermined receiving means for fastening the bearing cage to the lid respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Wöhner GmbH & Co. KG, Elektrotechnische Systeme
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Patent number: 7932804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching device, in particular fused interrupters, including a housing and a cover arranged thereon, wherein in the housing at least one pair of contacts is provided for receiving respectively one contact blade of a safety device or the like, wherein each contact is electrically connected to an input or output contact element, and one contact of each contact pair has a base section as an input contact which projects from the housing on the underside thereof, including an adapter arranged on the bottom side of the switching device which has two contact gaps per base section for alternative contacting and which is provided for attaching to conductor rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Woehner GmbH & Co.. KG Elektrotechnische Systeme
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20110065295
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for accommodating electrical installation devices and for fixing to a conductor rail system, comprising a housing which is made of plastics material and comprises an upper housing wall on which means for mounting an electrical installation device are provided, comprising feet for fixing to the conductor rail system by gripping, comprising a first contact member for connecting the electrical installation device, the first contact member extending at least substantially within the housing, and comprising a second contact member, electrically connected to the first contact member, for contacting a respective one of the conductor rails of a conductor rail system, characterised in that the housing comprises a guide recess, the second contact member being provided so as to be displaceable along said recess within the housing, in that the second contact member comprises a guide means and catch means, and in that catch recesses, with which the catch means of the second contact memb
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20100259355
    Abstract: The invention relates to holders for fuses, in particular for cylindrical fuses, with a housing which has an opening to a receiving shaft and in which contacts are provided for at least one fuse, with a cover, preferably in the form of a cover plate, which is adjustably arranged in the receiving shaft and a fuse holding device which is adjustably guided in the receiving shaft, wherein the cover plate has means which are engaged with guides formed on the housing and hold the cover plate at a predetermined position within the housing and set apart from the contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Alex Buettner, Frank Leistner
  • Publication number: 20100233893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection module, particularly for use between a switching device and a busbar adapter, having a base plate, comprising a plurality of contacts disposed parallel to each other and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the base plate, wherein the contacts have contact ends configured as input and output sections, which are positioned substantially in the same plane, wherein the contact ends forming the input sections are disposed on one side of the base plate and the contact ends forming the output sections are disposed on the opposite side of the base plate, wherein the contact ends defining the output sections extend vertically to the base plate, and are configured as plug-in contacts, and wherein the contacts are guided through slots in the base plate, and the contact ends representing the input sections are provided parallel to each other and are aligned in a contact opening arrangement of the busbar adapter, which is configured in a mirror-symmetrical manner to a transverse axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20100206706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a load-break switch, in particular for mounting on busbars, comprising a housing and a cover arranged pivotally thereon, a snap switch mechanism to produce or to interrupt an electrical connection between associated contacts, and an actuating lever for switching between a current operation and a current interruption operation, a control mechanism which, as a function of the position of the actuating lever, frees or blocks a release element for a movement, the release element being coupled with a locking device which is arranged such that it can be engaged with or disengaged from the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Alex Buettner, Andreas Hetenyi
  • Publication number: 20090243786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch disconnector comprising a housing portion, in which several pairs of blade receiving contacts assigned to each other or the like are arranged, which can be bridged by means of fuses, possibly comprising shock protection covers at least partially covering contact blades, and comprising a lid for receiving said fuses, which is provided in a manner hinged to the housing portion, wherein several receiving means in the form of slots, grooves or the like are formed at the inside of the lid, wherein one bearing cage is provided per fuse, and each bearing cage comprises a cage portion for inserting a fuse, wherein the cage portion is fit to the shape of the fuse to be inserted, and each bearing cage is provided with fasteners, which can be inserted in and snapped into predetermined receiving means for fastening the bearing cage to the lid respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Woehner GmbH & Co. KG, Elektrotechnische Systeme
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20090231082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching device, in particular fused interrupters, comprising a housing and a cover arranged thereon, wherein in the housing at least one pair of contacts is provided for receiving respectively one contact blade of a safety device or the like, wherein each contact is electrically connected to an input or output contact element, and one contact of each contact pair has a base section as an input contact which projects from the housing on the underside thereof, comprising an adapter arranged on the bottom side of the switching device which has two contact gaps per base section for alternative contacting and which is provided for attaching to conductor rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: WOEHNER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Patent number: 7561018
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuse strip, comprising a housing, preferably made of plastics material, with at least two means, arranged in the housing, for receiving fuse elements, with clamping feet provided on the underside of the housing, wherein a contact for contacting the associated conductor rail is configured in the region of each clamping foot. Laterally of the housing, in the region of each clamping foot, there is provided a laterally integrally formed terminal block which receives a respective outgoing contact for connecting an outgoing line. In a preferred embodiment, each terminal block contains a guide for receiving a contact pin of an adapter strip in such a way that when the adapter strip is attached, each contact spring is electrically connected to the associated outgoing contact of each terminal block and wherein the adapter strip is provided with an end-face module comprising terminal clamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Wöhner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Patent number: 7410385
    Abstract: The invention relates to a busbar connection module comprising a housing and a predetermined number of clamping devices arranged in the housing for receiving and fastening exposed line ends, comprising feet projecting on the underside of the clamping devices for fastening to busbars, the clamping devices being arranged in succession in a plane and being constructed without screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Wohner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alex Büttner
  • Patent number: 7355503
    Abstract: Fuse switch having a housing for receiving contacts and a fuse holder, which has a receptacle for a fuse element, and which is mounted in the housing such that it can pivot between at least one first and one second operating position, in which the housing receives an encoding element, which is provided at least partially in the pivot region of the fuse holder, and in which the encoding element bears a flexible blocking element, which extends in the direction of the fuse holder and senses the fuse element in terms of its outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Wohner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Patent number: 7307227
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit breaker device comprising a bottom switch part (2) that can be brought into electrical contact with bus bars, a top switch part (1) which can be placed onto the bottom switch part (2) and is provided with at least one fuse link, switch module, contactor or similar, and a terminal module (3) for especially at least one outgoing feeder (42). The bottom switch part (2) is provided with contact elements (5, 6, 7) that are in electrical contact with the bus bars (9, 10, 11) and can be contacted in a contact-proof manner by means of plug-in contacts (17, 18, 19) of the top switch part (1) via one respective access slot (12, 13, 14) located in a top area of the bottom switch part (2). The terminal module (3) is pivotally mounted (50) on the side of the top switch part (1) of bottom switch part (2) and is provided with electrical contacts (38, 39, 40) that can be laterally inserted into the top switch part (1) and are allocated to each outgoing feeder (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Woehner GmbH & Co. KG Elektrotechnische Systeme
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Patent number: 7285724
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic bus bar carrier having a lower part, an upper part and an adaptor arranged between the lower part and the upper part for the adaptation to different sizes of bus bars. The lower part includes a number of receiving grooves in correspondence with the number of bus bars to be received, wherein the receiving grooves have a width defined vertically to the longitudinal axis of the bus bar carrier which is smaller than the maximum transverse dimension of the lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Wohner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20070188291
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuse strip, comprising a housing, preferably made of plastics material, with at least two means, arranged in the housing, for receiving fuse elements, with clamping feet provided on the underside of the housing, wherein a contact for contacting the associated conductor rail is configured in the region of each clamping foot. Laterally of the housing, in the region of each clamping foot, there is provided a laterally integrally formed terminal block which receives a respective outgoing contact for connecting an outgoing line. In a preferred embodiment, each terminal block contains a guide for receiving a contact pin of an adapter strip in such a way that when the adapter strip is attached, each contact spring is electrically connected to the associated outgoing contact of each terminal block and wherein the adapter strip is provided with an end-face module comprising terminal clamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: WOHNER GMBH & CO. KG ELEKTROTECHNISCHE SYSTEME
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20060243569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit breaker device comprising a bottom switch part (2) that can be brought into electrical contact with bus bars, a top switch part (1) which can be placed onto the bottom switch part (2) and is provided with at least one fuse link, switch module, contactor or similar, and a terminal module (3) for especially at least one outgoing feeder (42). The bottom switch part (2) is provided with contact elements (5, 6, 7) that are in electrical contact with the bus bars (9, 10, 11) and can be contacted in a contact-proof manner by means of plug-in contacts (17, 18, 19) of the top switch part (1) via one respective access slot (12, 13, 14) located in a top area of the bottom switch part (2). The terminal module (3) is pivotally mounted (50) on the side of the top switch part (1) of bottom switch part (2) and is provided with electrical contacts (38, 39, 40) that can be laterally inserted into the top switch part (1) and are allocated to each outgoing feeder (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20060240694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic bus bar carrier having a lower part, an upper part and an adaptor arranged between the lower part and the upper part for the adaptation to different sizes of bus bars. The lower part comprises a number of receiving grooves in correspondence with the number of bus bars to be received, wherein the receiving grooves have a width defined vertically to the longitudinal axis of the bus bar carrier which is smaller than the maximum transverse dimension of the lower part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventor: Alex Buettner
  • Publication number: 20050285710
    Abstract: Fuse switch having a housing for receiving contacts and a fuse holder, which has a receptacle for a fuse element, and which is mounted in the housing such that it can pivot between at least one first and one second operating position, in which the housing receives an encoding element, which is provided at least partially in the pivot region of the fuse holder, and in which the encoding element bears a flexible blocking element, which extends in the direction of the fuse holder and senses the fuse element in terms of its outer diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventor: Alex Buettner