Patents by Inventor Alexander Rab

Alexander Rab 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: 7259646
    Abstract: The invention proposes an electrical service device, in particular line circuit breaker or motor circuit breaker, having a housing having connection means (20, 21) for the purpose of connecting busbars and/or connection lines on at least one end side, having at least one switching contact having a fixed and a movable switching contact piece, an arc (6) being produced in an arc prechamber area (5) between said fixed and movable switching contact pieces in the event of a disconnection, said arc entering a current-limiting arc-quenching device (7) via arc guide rails. Prechamber plates (9, 12) are arranged in the region of the arc prechamber area (5), return-flow channels (10, 13) being formed by said prechamber plates (9, 12) from the arc-quenching device (7) to the arc prechamber area (5) between the housing wall (2) and the prechamber plates (9, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Rab, Klaus Kling, Patrick Claeys, Richard Kommert
  • Patent number: 7247808
    Abstract: The invention proposes an electrical service device, in particular line circuit breaker or motor circuit breaker, having a housing having connecting areas and connection means (2, 3) for the purpose of connecting busbars and/or connection lines on both end sides and, having at least one switching contact having a fixed and a movable contact piece (4, 6), an arc (13) being produced in an arc prechamber area (7) between said fixed and movable contact pieces (4, 6) in the event of a disconnection. The arc enters a current-limiting arc-quenching device (12), in particular an arc splitter stack, via arc guide rails (14, 16), at least one insulating plate (20, 25+26) being arranged at the edge of the arc-quenching device (12). The insulating plate (20, 25+26) is fixed to the end section of an arc guide rail (14) by means of a fixing clip (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Rab, Wolfgang Dorfeld, Ralf Weber
  • Publication number: 20060180575
    Abstract: The invention proposes an electrical service device, in particular line circuit breaker or motor circuit breaker, having a housing having connecting areas and connection means (2, 3) for the purpose of connecting busbars and/or connection lines on both end sides and, having at least one switching contact having a fixed and a movable contact piece (4, 6), an arc (13) being produced in an arc prechamber area (7) between said fixed and movable contact pieces (4, 6) in the event of a disconnection. The arc enters a current-limiting arc-quenching device (12), in particular an arc splitter stack, via arc guide rails (14, 16), at least one insulating plate (20, 25+26) being arranged at the edge of the arc-quenching device (12). The insulating plate (20, 25+26) is fixed to the end section of an arc guide rail (14) by means of a fixing clip (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Rab, Wolfgang Dorfeld, Ralf Weber
  • Publication number: 20060180576
    Abstract: The invention proposes an electrical service device, in particular line circuit breaker or motor circuit breaker, having a housing having connection means (20, 21) for the purpose of connecting busbars and/or connection lines on at least one end side, having at least one switching contact having a fixed and a movable switching contact piece, an arc (6) being produced in an arc prechamber area (5) between said fixed and movable switching contact pieces in the event of a disconnection, said arc entering a current-limiting arc-quenching device (7) via arc guide rails. Prechamber plates (9, 12) are arranged in the region of the arc prechamber area (5), return-flow channels (10, 13) being formed by said prechamber plates (9, 12) from the arc-quenching device (7) to the arc prechamber area (5) between the housing wall (2) and the prechamber plates (9, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Rab, Klaus Kling, Patrick Claeys, Richard Kommert
  • Patent number: 6717090
    Abstract: An arc quenching configuration for an electrical switching device has an arcing chamber in which an arc is produced between a stationary contact piece and a moving contact piece during a switching operation. An arc splitter stack is provided and has a number of arc splitter plates and into which the arc is passed via guide rails. At least one plate composed of an insulating material is disposed in or adjacent to the arc splitter stack, an external circumference of the plate does not project beyond the external circumference of the arc splitter plates, and the plate has an internal recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Inventors: Klaus Kling, Richard Kommert, Alexander Rab, Jürgen Hofmann, Patrick Claeys
  • Publication number: 20030094439
    Abstract: An arc quenching configuration is described for an electrical switching device. The configuration has an arcing chamber in which an arc is produced between a stationary contact piece and a moving contact piece during a switching operation. An arc splitter stack is provided and has a number of arc splitter plates and into which the arc is passed via guide rails. At least one plate composed of an insulating material is disposed in or adjacent to the arc splitter stack, an external circumference of the plate does not project beyond the external circumference of the arc splitter plates, and the plate has an internal recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Klaus Kling, Richard Kommert, Alexander Rab, Jurgen Hofmann, Patrick Claeys