Patents by Inventor Lucio Azzola
Lucio Azzola 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).
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Patent number: 7116194Abstract: An electric pole for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, comprising an insulating enclosure (20, 30) that has a lower wall, an upper wall, two side walls, a rear wall and a front wall, at least one arc chute, at least one fixed contact (8) and at least one moving contact (9) that can be mutually coupled/uncoupled, and a first electric terminal (10) and a second electric terminal (11) that are functionally associated with the fixed contact and the moving contact and allow electrical connection of the pole in input and in output, its particularity consisting of the fact that the insulating enclosure comprises a first half-shell (20) and a second half-shell (30) which are mutually coupled along corresponding coupling surfaces and form a self-supporting structure, the first and second half-shells being shaped so as to form at least one compartment (12) that is suitable to accommodate the fixed contact and the moving contact and the arc chute, and second (13) and third containment volumes (14), which are arrangedType: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: ABB Service S.r.L.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Eligio Zanchi
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Publication number: 20060148288Abstract: An electrical device for low-voltage applications that comprises at least one fixed contact designed to connect to a corresponding mobile contact; the electrical device also comprises at least one module, on which said fixed contact is housed, and the module is operatively connected to a structural part of the device and is at least partially separable from said structural part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2005Publication date: July 6, 2006Applicant: ABB Service S.r.IInventors: Lucio Azzola, Stefano Besana
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Patent number: 6960731Abstract: A rotating contact supporting shaft for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, whose particularity consists of the fact that it has a modular structure that comprises, along the rotation axis, at least one first and one second supporting module (10, 20), each module being functionally coupled to at least one corresponding moving contact (3) of the circuit breaker and being provided respectively with first and second means (22) for connection to at least one first interconnection module (30); the first interconnection module is interposed between the first and second supporting modules and is provided with third and fourth connection means (31) that are suitable to be coupled respectively to the first and second connection means; the coupling between the first and third connection means and between the second and fourth connection means allows the functional connection between the first and second supporting modules and the direct structural connection of the interconnection module to the first and second supporType: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: ABB Services S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Eligio Zanchi
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Patent number: 6930575Abstract: An electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker, comprising a magnetic circuit that has a fixed part,, which comprises a fixed element made of ferromagnetic material, a core, and at least one winding coil, and a moving part, which has a moving plate made of ferromagnetic material and arranged so as to face at least partially the fixed element with the coil interposed between the moving plate and the fixed element, the moving plate being functionally connected to means for adjusting the tripping threshold; its particularity consisting of the fact that the moving plate and/or the fixed element have a contoured body that allows, by acting on the adjustment means, to set the tripping threshold by simultaneously varying the gap between the moving plate and the fixed element and the magnetic coupling between the moving plate and the core.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: ABB Service S.R.L.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Stefano Besana
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Publication number: 20050068131Abstract: An electric pole for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, comprising an insulating enclosure (20, 30) that has a lower wall, an upper wall, two side walls, a rear wall and a front wall, at least one arc chute, at least one fixed contact (8) and at least one moving contact (9) that can be mutually coupled/uncoupled, and a first electric terminal (10) and a second electric terminal (11) that are functionally associated with the fixed contact and the moving contact and allow electrical connection of the pole in input and in output, its particularity consisting of the fact that the insulating enclosure comprises a first half-shell (20) and a second half-shell (30) which are mutually coupled along corresponding coupling surfaces and form a self-supporting structure, the first and second half-shells being shaped so as to form at least one compartment (12) that is suitable to accommodate the fixed contact and the moving contact and the arc chute, and second (13) and third containment volumes (14), which are arrangedType: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: March 31, 2005Applicant: ABB Service S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Eligio Zanchi
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Publication number: 20050007220Abstract: An electromagnetic relay with adjustable tripping threshold for a low-voltage circuit breaker, comprising a magnetic circuit that has a fixed part, which comprises a fixed element made of ferromagnetic material, a core, and at least one winding coil, and a moving part, which has a moving plate made of ferromagnetic material and arranged so as to face at least partially the fixed element with the coil interposed between the moving plate and the fixed element, the moving plate being functionally connected to means for adjusting the tripping threshold; its particularity consisting of the fact that the moving plate and/or the fixed element have a contoured body that allows, by acting on the adjustment means, to set the tripping threshold by simultaneously varying the gap between the moving plate and the fixed element and the magnetic coupling between the moving plate and the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2002Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Stefano Besana
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Publication number: 20040256207Abstract: A rotating contact supporting shaft for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, whose particularity consists of the fact that it has a modular structure that comprises, along the rotation axis, at least one first and one second supporting module (10, 20), each module being functionally coupled to at least one corresponding moving contact (3) of the circuit breaker and being provided respectively with first and second means (22) for connection to at least one first interconnection module (30); the first interconnection module is interposed between the first and second supporting modules and is provided with third and fourth connection means (31) that are suitable to be coupled respectively to the first and second connection means; the coupling between the first and third connection means and between the second and fourth connection means allows the functional connection between the first and second supporting modules and the direct structural connection of the interconnection module to the first and second supporType: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Eligio Zanchi
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Patent number: 6825431Abstract: An arc chamber for low-voltage circuit breakers, whose particularity consists of the fact that it comprises: multiple substantially U-shaped metallic plates; an enclosure made of insulating material which is substantially shaped like a parallelepiped and comprises two side walls, a bottom wall, a top wall and a rear wall, the side walls having, on the inside, multiple mutually opposite slots for the insertion of the metal plates, the bottom and top walls each having at least one opening and the enclosure being open at the front.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Michele Ferrari
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Patent number: 6777628Abstract: A device for interlocking at least two single- or multipole circuit breakers, of which:—a first circuit breaker, suitable to be fixed to a mounting plate of the first and second circuit breakers; —a second circuit breaker, suitable to be fixed by virtue of fixing means to the first bracket and to be supported thereby;—an interlocking element, provided with a contoured body that is operatively coupled to the second bracket so that it can move with respect to it, the interlocking element being suitable to be rigidly connected to the second bracket, by virtue of locking means, in a chosen position in which it interacts operatively with at least the first opening/closure lever in a condition that corresponds to the opening of the first circuit breaker, preventing its movement and preventing the circuit breakers from being closed simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Osvaldo Carrara
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Publication number: 20040074748Abstract: A supporting base for a low-voltage power circuit breaker of the draw-out or removable type, comprising a substantially parallelepipedal body that has a rear wall, a front wall, two side walls, an upper wall and a lower wall, first and second terminals being provided respectively on the upper and lower walls in order to provide direct or indirect electrical connection to corresponding conductors of a power supply circuit; its particularity consists of the fact that third and fourth terminals are provided on the front wall and are suitable to facilitate electrical coupling to corresponding coupling terminals provided on the circuit breaker, the thrid and fourth electrical terminals being spaced from and electrically connected to, respectively, the first and second terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Stefano Besana
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Patent number: 6717089Abstract: An electric pole for a low-voltage power circuit breaker, comprising: a fixed contact and a movable contact which can be mutually coupled/uncoupled; at least two conducting elements, suitable to electrically connect the movable contact to a power supply grid, the conducting elements being arranged so that the electric currents flowing through them are equally orientated; means for mechanically supporting and actuating the movable contact; and at least one insulating element which is interposed between the conducting elements and is suitable to contrast, by friction with the conducting elements, electrodynamic repulsion forces that are generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact during opening in short-circuit operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Eligio Zanchi
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Publication number: 20040045796Abstract: A device for interlocking at least two single- or multipole circuit breakers, of which:—a first circuit breaker, suitable to be fixed to a mounting plate of the first and second circuit breakers;—a second circuit breaker, suitable to be fixed by virtue of fixing means to the first bracket and to be supported thereby;—an interlocking element, provided with a contoured body that is operatively coupled to the second bracket so that it can move with respect to it, the interlocking element being suitable to be rigidly connected to the second bracket, by virtue of locking means, in a chosen position in which it interacts operatively with at least the first opening/closure lever in a condition that corresponds to the opening of the first circuit breaker, preventing its movement and preventing the circuit breakers from being closed simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Osvaldo Carrara
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Publication number: 20030000925Abstract: An arc chamber for low-voltage circuit breakers, whose particularity consists of the fact that it comprises: multiple substantially U-shaped metallic plates; an enclosure made of insulating material which is substantially shaped like a parallelepiped and comprises two side walls, a bottom wall, a top wall and a rear wall, the side walls having, on the inside, multiple mutually opposite slots for the insertion of the metal plates, the bottom and top walls each having at least one opening and the enclosure being open at the front.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Michele Ferrari
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Patent number: 6060668Abstract: Set of switches mutual locking devices, comprising switches with actuator toggles and locking elements, each of the switches having a rocker supported by an elastic element and having Bowden type cables to be connected to the two arms of the rockers, the free end of a first cable of a switch being operationally connected to elements of actuation of a second switch and the free end of a second cable being operationally connected to the elements of actuation of a third switch, and the rockers being loaded at their ends to come into operational contact with the locking elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1997Date of Patent: May 9, 2000Assignee: ABB Sace L.V. S.p.A.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Gustavo Brignoli
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Patent number: 6023035Abstract: Electric circuit breaker with means for adjusting the contacts comprising, for each electric phase, moving levers having main contacts and arc-breaking contacts co-operating with main contacts and arc-breaking contacts provided on a terminal bar there being provision for the levers loaded by springs to be supported by a crank pivoting about a pin and for the crank to be operationally connected to a link-rod articularly joined to an operating shaft and for each end of the operating shaft to have translatable and position-adjustable supports.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1997Date of Patent: February 8, 2000Assignee: ABB Sace S.p.A.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Gustavo Brignoli
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Patent number: D535626Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: ABB Services S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Giovanni Frassineti
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Patent number: D547729Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Giovanni Frassineti
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Patent number: D547730Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: ABB Service S.r.l.Inventors: Lucio Azzola, Giovanni Frassineti