Patents Assigned to R. Stahl Schaltgerate GmbH
  • Publication number: 20200113076
    Abstract: A housing with an inner lining, made of an open-pore material, preferably covering at least two sides of the housing, for the reduction of internal explosion pressure. In addition, or alternatively, a molded body made of the open-pore material, for example a bonded fibrous material, may be arranged in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Clife Hermanowski, Thorsten Arnhold, Bernd Limbacher
  • Publication number: 20200113075
    Abstract: A housing arrangement comprising a housing an inner space for accommodating components capable of forming sources of ignition. The housing arrangement further comprises a partial housing arranged in or on the housing and the interior space. The interior space acts as a pressure relief volume. The interior space and the pressure relief volume are connected together via a passage in which a gas-permeable and flame-arresting arrangement is provided. This can be formed from a porous body, for instance, which is gas permeable and acts in a throttling and cooling manner on a gas flow passing through it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: R. Stahl Schaltgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Arnhold, Clife Hermanowski
  • Publication number: 20200113071
    Abstract: A pressure relief body sintered from a wire mesh and retained on an explosion-proof housing by welding. The corresponding welded seam has a fusion zone both on the pressure relief body and on the housing part and makes a mechanically robust and gas-tight joint between the two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: R. Stahl Schaltgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Arnhold, Clife Hermanowski
  • Patent number: 10312674
    Abstract: An explosion-proof arrangement (20) having a bushing part (23) with a bushing opening (24) that defines a bushing surface (25) and a structural unit (29) arranged in the bushing opening (24). The structural unit (29) includes a deformable inner body (31) with at least one conductor channel (32) extending through in a longitudinal direction (L), and a plastically deformable connecting sleeve (30) surrounding the inner body (31). At least one conductor (21) is guided through its own associated conductor channel (32) in the inner body (31). A connecting portion (33) of the connecting sleeve (30) is plastically deformed so that it presses radially inwardly on the inner body (31) and deforms it in a radial direction (R). A first delimiting surface (35) is formed on an outer circumference of the plastically deformed connecting portion (33). The bushing surface (25) forms a second delimiting surface (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Semrau, Maxim Kutsch
  • Patent number: 10113757
    Abstract: A ventilation device for supplying air to a clean room having a passage duct (16) with a waste air inlet (13) for receiving waste air form the room and a supply air outlet (14) for discharging supply air (34) to the room. A speed controllable rotatable fan (49) is provided in the passage duct (16) for conveying air from a suction chamber (47) coupled to the waste air inlet (13) to a pressure chamber (48) coupled to the supply air outlet (14). An outside air duct (22) is provided for receiving outside air (27) which is emitted into the passage duct (16), and an exhaust air duct (28) is provided for receiving a part of the waste air (32) extracted from the room for exhaust to the outside. First and second air flow regulators (36, 37) are provided in the respective air ducts (22, 28), and a control unit (68) is provided for controlling operation of the air flow regulators (36, 37) and the rotational speed of the fan (49).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgerate GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Oswald
  • Patent number: 10112810
    Abstract: A lifting hoist (10) having a drive train (14) containing a slip clutch arrangement (23) with a hysteresis clutch (26). The drive train (14) transfers torque, friction-free, in both forward and backward directions of movement between the motor (15) and a gearing (16). The hysteresis clutch (23) forms an unbranched torque transmission path between the motor (15) and the gearing (16). The hysteresis clutch (26) acts as a vibration damper, allows controlled emergency load lowering, and acts as a secure torque limiter in emergency malfunctions when lowering a load. It further can be used as a load indicator by reducing the load-lifting speed before the nominal load is reached or in the event of an overload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgerate GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Golder
  • Patent number: 10104786
    Abstract: A housing (10) which has a first part (14) with a first wall (22) having an outer wall surface (28) and a second part (18) with a second wall (24) having an inner wall surface (30). The wall surfaces can have for example a cylindrical casing shape at least in some sections. Portions of the first wall (22) and the second wall (24) overlap in an overlap region (26). The first wall (22) and the second wall (24) are connected along the circumference of the wall surfaces (28, 30) by means of a rotational friction welding seam (32) arranged in the overlap region (26). The rotational friction welding seam (32) has a compact zone (48) with a first elastic modulus and a mixing zone (44) with a different second elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Hermann, Normen Schwarz
  • Patent number: 9908679
    Abstract: A housing part for an explosion-protected housing (10) with flameproof encapsulation. The housing part comprises a porous body (20) in a passage (15) of the housing part. The passage (15) is closed in a flameproof manner by means of the porous body (20). The porous body (20) comprises an inner side (21) assigned to the interior of the housing (10) and an outer side (22) assigned to the surrounding area (12) comprising the explosive atmosphere. A gas volume flow can pass through the porous body (20), entering the porous body (20) on the inner side (21) and escape on the outer side (22) or vice versa. To prevent the penetration of water or of other aqueous liquids into the interior of the housing (10), the porous body (20) comprises a hydrophobic surface (B) in at least one area (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Limbacher, Ulrich Mann
  • Patent number: 9909711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holding apparatus (10) for a housing (11) and method for affixing the holding apparatus (10) and the housing (11) to an affixation surface, in particular an external building surface. The holding apparatus (10) has two holding parts (12) that each have a holding segment (25) that extends in a longitudinal direction (L). At least one of the two holding parts (12) additionally has a locking segment (43). Two attachment parts (46) and, for each locking segment (43), one locking part (47) are affixed to a rear wall (11b) of the housing (11). To mount the housing (11) on the holding apparatus (10), the two attachment parts (46) are firstly each brought into engagement with their respective holding segment (25). By displacing the housing (11) in the longitudinal direction (L), the locking part (47) enters into engagement with the locking segment (43). A continued movement of the housing (11) in the longitudinal direction (L) is at least delimited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Steckling, Christoph Gajditsch
  • Patent number: 9830291
    Abstract: A connecting device (27) has a first connection input (28), a second connection input (29), and a connection output (30). The two connection inputs (28, 29) are configured for connection to a bus coupling device (20, 21). The connection output is configured for connection to a subscriber (13). The first connection input (28) is connected without switches to the connection output (30) via a first connecting branch (31). The second connection input (29) is connected without switches to the connection output (30) via a second connecting branch (32). The connecting device (27) includes a diagnostic unit (39), which generates a diagnostic signal (D) depending on the first input voltage (U1) and/or the first input current (I1) at the first connection input (28) and/or on the second input voltage (U2) and/or the second input current (I2) at the second connection input (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: R. STAHL SCHALTGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Seifried, Jörg Stritzelberger
  • Patent number: 9742269
    Abstract: A voltage control circuit for electrically coupling a field device coupler to a bus line. An input voltage (UE) provided at the voltage control circuit by the bus line is converted into an output voltage (UA) that can be regulated and limited. If a current limitation is additionally provided, the “inherent safety” ignition protection type can be achieved. The voltage control circuit has a chopper-type regulator without galvanic isolation. A parallel path is formed parallel to the chopper-type regulator by a series connection of two buffer capacitors. Communication signals of higher frequency can be transmitted past the chopper-type regulator via the parallel path. The parallel path and a reference terminal of the chopper-type regulator are additionally connected via an impedance circuit to a reference potential at a second input terminal of the voltage control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: R. STAHL SCHALTGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Seifried
  • Patent number: 9735561
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (14) of a cable-connecting device (10) and a multi-core cable (11), which form a mechanical, explosion-proof connection to each other. For this purpose, the cable-connecting device (10) has a plastically deformable outer sleeve (18) having a crimping section (23). A hollow cylindrical inner sleeve (19) made of elastically deformable material is arranged between a cable sheath (13) made of elastomer and the crimping section (23). An elastic deformation of the inner sleeve (19) and of the cable sheath (13) is caused by radially plastically deforming the crimping section (23). Any gaps (40) present within the cable sheath (13) are closed due to the radial forces in the crimping section (23) such that spark-gap-free contact between the cable sheath (13) and the cores (12) of the cable (11) and between the cable sheath (13) and the inner sleeve (19) is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Normen Schwarz, Wolf Hermann
  • Patent number: 9567196
    Abstract: A cable hoist having an emergency braking arrangement comprising a dual toothed wheel assembly driven via a cable drum of the hoist. One of two toothed wheels of the toothed wheel assembly is sensed by a sensing lever of an anchor and an opposite end of the anchor interacts with a ratchet wheel of the toothed wheel assembly. As soon as an over speed occurs, the anchor engages in the ratchet wheel and causes a rotary movement of a carrier on which the anchor is mounted. This rotary motion is used to trigger a mechanical braking arrangement coupled to the cable drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Horndacher, Maria Ottilie Horndacher, Peter Kittsteiner, Ivica Zinic
  • Patent number: 9528293
    Abstract: An operating attachment (10) for operating a push button or switch, which includes a housing, (12) a handling part (11) having an actuator element (19) supported by said housing (12) for rotation in a direction of rotation (U), an operating element (26) displaceable parallel to a longitudinal axis (L) of the housing for operating a push button or switch, an operating drive (37) for transferring rotary movement of the actuator element (19) into a linear motion of the operating element (26) between an initial position (A) and an operating position (B), and a latching device (42) for latching the actuator element (19) in a latched position (R). The attachment apparatus (10) further includes at least one encoding element (48) moveable between a first encoding position (K1) that allows for rotation of the actuator (11) into the latched position (R) and a second encoding position (K2) which limits rotation of the actuator element (19) prior to reaching the latched position (R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Kai-Uwe Wolpert, Ingo Wolff
  • Patent number: 9531116
    Abstract: An electrical device has a plug-in connection device (15), which is used to open and close an electrical circuit (24). The plug-in connection device (15) contains at least two contact/mating-contact pairs (22, 23), which have different ignition protection types. At least one of the two contact/mating-contact pairs is designed to interrupt the current running through said contact/mating-contact pair without triggering an explosion. (Ignition protection type Ex d or Ex i.) The other contact/mating-contact pair (23) opens and closes in the currentless state. Therefore, the other contact/mating-contact pair can have a second ignition protection type, such as Ex e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: R. STAHL SCHALTGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Carsten Brenner
  • Patent number: 9509372
    Abstract: A bus communication device (10) includes a bus line (12), a master computer (11) connected to the bus line (12) and several subscriber units (14) connected to the bus line (12) via at least one coupling arrangement (17). The master computer (11) controls a communication via the bus line (12) using a fixed, prespecified communication protocol. The subscriber units (14) can communicate among each other, and one subscriber unit (14) can communicate with the master computer (11) consistent with the bus protocol. The bus line (11) is configured for supplying the subscriber units (14) and/or at least one coupling arrangement (17) with electrical energy for communication. Each subscriber unit (14) can modulate the subscriber current (IT) consistent with a first modulation (M1), and each subscriber unit (14) and/or each coupling arrangement (17) can modulate the current (IT, IK) consistent with a second modulation (M2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: R. STAHL SCHALTGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Seifried
  • Patent number: 9492694
    Abstract: A pressure release device for a protective housing for flameproof enclosure of electrical operating means. The device includes an accommodating body (18) having a passage (22), and a porous body (24) arranged in the passage (22). The porous body (24) is elastically deformed by means of an interference fit in the passage (22), and thus, reliably supported therein free of flame or spark exiting gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Mann, Bernd Limbacher, Helmut Wurz
  • Patent number: 9478955
    Abstract: A feedthrough device (10) for an explosion-proof housing constructed as a “flameproof enclosure” of the flame protection type. The feedthrough device (10) is arranged in a wall opening of the housing and forms a flameproof gap therein. A rigid component (11) is arranged through said gap to be displaced in its direction of extension relative to the wall. The feedthrough device (10) has a clamping body unit (20), a sleeve (21), a cap (22) and a thrust collar (23). The sleeve (21) and the cap (22) can be screwed together. Axial forces are transmitted between the clamping body unit (20) and the cap (22) via the thrust collar (23). The sleeve (21) exerts a radial clamping force on the clamping body unit (20), which is fully penetrated by a conduit (25) along a longitudinal axis (L), in which conduit a longitudinal section of a component (11) is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventor: Tom Wondrak
  • Patent number: 9451728
    Abstract: An explosion protection housing constructed according to an explosion protection requirement having a temperature control system. The temperature control system includes a temperature control device that includes a pipe coil thermally connected to at least one of the walls of the housing. Optionally, temperature control fluid is directed through the pipe coil by means of circulating pump in order to increase or decrease the temperature of the housing, depending upon the explosion protection requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Limbacher, Wolf Hermann, Jürgen Poidl, Johannes Rückgauer
  • Patent number: D870052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: R. Stahl Schaltgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Mansfred Leischner, Jochen König, Rainer Schutera