Patents by Inventor Alex Buttner

Alex Buttner 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).

  • Switching apparatus
    Patent number: 8853575
    Abstract: A switching apparatus for fastening to carrier rails in switching systems or the like, has a housing in which a switching unit and a device, which is formed on the underside of the housing, for attaching and locking onto a carrier rail. The device comprises a cut-out adapted to the profile of the carrier rail and is provided with an element which can be displaced with respect to the cut-out and is disposed in an aperture of the housing. The displaceable element is a tongue integrally formed on the underside of the housing by means of at least two ribs. The ribs extend in parallel with one another and are integrally formed at one end on the housing, whereas the tongue is integrally formed at the other end of the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Wohner GmbH & Co. KG Elektrotechnische Systeme
    Inventor: Alex Buttner
  • SWITCHING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120298490
    Abstract: A switching apparatus for fastening to carrier rails in switching systems or the like, has a housing in which a switching unit and a device, which is formed on the underside of the housing, for attaching and locking onto a carrier rail. The device comprises a cut-out adapted to the profile of the carrier rail and is provided with an element which can be displaced with respect to the cut-out and is disposed in an aperture of the housing. The displaceable element is a tongue integrally formed on the underside of the housing by means of at least two ribs. The ribs extend in parallel with one another and are integrally formed at one end on the housing, whereas the tongue is integrally formed at the other end of the ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: Alex Buttner
  • Busbar connection module
    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
  • Busbar connection module
    Publication number: 20070212904
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Alex Buttner