Patents by Inventor Reinhard Herdegen

Reinhard Herdegen 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: 10403458
    Abstract: A switching unit for an electrical switch is disclosed. In an embodiment, the switching unit includes at least one fixed contact and one moveable contact with a current feed, which in order to close or open the current path are respectively brought into mechanical contact with each other or mechanically or magnetically separated from each other. The switching unit further includes at least one extinguishing plate, which affects an electrical arc created when the electrical contacts are opened. The current feed to the moveable contact is designed such that in the open position it directs the current along the electrical arc in the opposite direction to the current direction of the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Reinhard Herdegen, Michael Poles
  • Publication number: 20180061597
    Abstract: A switching unit for an electrical switch is disclosed. In an embodiment, the switching unit includes at least one fixed contact and one moveable contact with a current feed, which in order to close or open the current path are respectively brought into mechanical contact with each other or mechanically or magnetically separated from each other. The switching unit further includes at least one extinguishing plate, which affects an electrical arc created when the electrical contacts are opened. The current feed to the moveable contact is designed such that in the open position it directs the current along the electrical arc in the opposite direction to the current direction of the arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard HERDEGEN, Michael POLES
  • Patent number: 9111695
    Abstract: An electrical switching device includes a switching mechanism, a housing element, a cover element and a test button, which is movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position. When the test button is moved from the non-actuated position into the actuated position, the switching mechanism disconnects at least one moveable contact from at least one fixed contact of the switching mechanism. Further, a blocking element is movable between a first position and a second position, so that the blocking element, when the cover element is closed, is held by the cover element in the first position against a pre-tensioning force in the direction of the second position. Further, when the cover element is opened, the blocking element moves the test button from the non-actuated position into the actuated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Bunk, Reinhard Herdegen, Siegfried Pirker
  • Patent number: 9064657
    Abstract: A switching unit for an electrical switching device, in particular for an electrical power circuit breaker, is disclosed and includes a breaker mechanism with an operating lever and a switching mechanism which can be actuated by the operating lever. In at least one embodiment, at least one breaker assembly board is included, onto which the breaker mechanism is fixed. The at least one breaker assembly board includes at least one positioning lug which is designed for positioning the switching unit in a housing of the electrical switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Bunk, Reinhard Herdegen, Siegfried Pirker
  • Patent number: 9053887
    Abstract: A switching device is disclosed, in particular an electrical circuit breaker, including a housing and a switching unit disposed inside the housing. In at least one embodiment, the housing includes an openable housing cover with a switching opening through which a control lever head, which can be moved between an on-position and an off-position, of a control lever for switching the switching unit projects. The switching opening includes an opening contour and the control lever head includes an outer contour, which are aligned with one another such that the control lever head in the on-position prevents any movement of the housing cover via the control lever head, and in the off-position permits a movement of the housing cover via the control lever head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Abel Alejandro Castaneda Arriaga, Ronald Cone, Reinhard Herdegen, Ekkehard Plechinger, Reinhard Steger
  • Publication number: 20130220784
    Abstract: A switching device is disclosed, in particular an electrical circuit breaker, including a housing and a switching unit disposed inside the housing. In at least one embodiment, the housing includes an openable housing cover with a switching opening through which a control lever head, which can be moved between an on-position and an off-position, of a control lever for switching the switching unit projects. The switching opening includes an opening contour and the control lever head includes an outer contour, which are aligned with one another such that the control lever head in the on-position prevents any movement of the housing cover via the control lever head, and in the off-position permits a movement of the housing cover via the control lever head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Abel Alejandro CASTANEDA ARRIAGA, Ronald CONE, Reinhard HERDEGEN, Ekkehard PLECHINGER, Reinhard STEGER
  • Publication number: 20130206557
    Abstract: A switching unit for an electrical switching device, in particular for an electrical power circuit breaker, is disclosed and includes a breaker mechanism with an operating lever and a switching mechanism which can be actuated by the operating lever. In at least one embodiment, at least one breaker assembly board is included, onto which the breaker mechanism is fixed. The at least one breaker assembly board includes at least one positioning lug which is designed for positioning the switching unit in a housing of the electrical switching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas BUNK, Reinhard HERDEGEN, Siegfried PIRKER
  • Publication number: 20130199906
    Abstract: An electrical switching device includes a switching mechanism, a housing element, a cover element and a test button, which is movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position. When the test button is moved from the non-actuated position into the actuated position, the switching mechanism disconnects at least one moveable contact from at least one fixed contact of the switching mechanism. Further, a blocking element is movable between a first position and a second position, so that the blocking element, when the cover element is closed, is held by the cover element in the first position against a pre-tensioning force in the direction of the second position. Further, when the cover element is opened, the blocking element moves the test button from the non-actuated position into the actuated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas BUNK, Reinhard HERDEGEN, Siegfried PIRKER
  • Patent number: 6483062
    Abstract: A push-pull switch includes an actuating mechanism whose actuating tappet is engaged in a thread in the handle. By this arrangement, a pulling movement on the handle is converted into a rotational movement of the actuating tappet. As such, balls mounted as latching elements in the actuating tappet can be released gently from a secure latching position in the ON state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Herdegen, Peter Weiss, Rudolf Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 5684670
    Abstract: A control switch with a holder is to be provided which can simply and quickly be secured by one person to a variable-thickness fitting plate. To this end the rose (9) of the control switch has a longitudinal groove (11) and a transverse groove (12). The holder which can be fitted on the rose (9) consists of a lower casing (14), a securing ring (5) and an upper casing (23). The lower casing (14) and the securing ring (5) have matching pitches (20, 6) so that when the securing ring (5) is rotated via a toothed spindle (7) fitted off-center it is axially shifted. After the holder has been fitted on the rose, when the securing ring (5) is rotated, a partial thread (18) fitted thereto is rotated out of the longitudinal groove (11) into the transverse groove (12) and thus pressed by the simultaneous axial movement of the partial thread (18) against the limiting edge of the transverse groove (12) taking the form of a thread segment (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Zimmermann, Rainer Kreutzer, Reinhard Herdegen, Josef Birzer