Patents by Inventor Andreas Cardinal

Andreas Cardinal 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: 5013875
    Abstract: A contact configuration (1) for low-voltage circuit-breakers has main and arcing contacts (6, 17; 10; 21) as well as arcing horns (22, 23) for transferring an arc into an arc quench chamber. Additional arc conducting pieces (30; 40) take over partial arcs that can occur on the main contacts (6; 17) when the contact configuration (1) is highly stressed, and carry them over to the corresponding arcing horn (22). The arc conducting pieces (30; 40) are designed more or less as angular, one-piece, stamped, flexural parts, whereby an arc conducting shank (36), which originates at a base shank (31) used for mounting is linked up at a sharp angle to the arcing horn (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Andreas Cardinal