Patents by Inventor Bernd Rahn

Bernd Rahn 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).

  • Publication number: 20230148105
    Abstract: A high-voltage relay includes a magnetic drive assembly having a first yoke and a second yoke spaced apart from one another, and an armature driven by the magnetic drive assembly. The armature is a rocker having a first arm and a second arm extending away from the first yoke. The armature can be tilted between an open position and a switching position and is mounted on the first yoke. The first arm has a switching contact assembly. A magnetic circuit including the first yoke and the second yoke is closed in the switching position by the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Kroeker, Peter Sandeck, Harry Koch, Bernd Rahn, Fabian Habur
  • Publication number: 20230132857
    Abstract: A switching contact assembly for an electrical switching element includes a contact bridge, a base, and a spring assembly. The contact bridge is attached to the base with the spring assembly between the contact bridge and the base. The contact bridge attached to the base is resilient in a direction opposite a switching direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Kroeker, Peter Sandeck, Harry Koch, Bernd Rahn, Fabian Habur
  • Publication number: 20220090941
    Abstract: A switching assembly comprises a pair of fixed contacts, and a contact bridge movable between a bridging position in which the contact bridge electrically connects the contacts and a separated position in which the contacts are electrically separated. A detector of the assembly includes at least one sensor for detecting the presence of the contact bridge in at least one of the separated position or the bridging position, and a controller operatively connected to the sensor and having a first switching point and a second switching point. One of the switching points is associated with a position of the contact bridge between the bridging position and the separated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Lindner, Bernd Rahn, Peter Sandeck, Matthias Kroeker, Harry Koch
  • Patent number: 10340107
    Abstract: An arrangement for an electric switching device is disclosed. The arrangement for an electric switching device comprises a switching unit having a first switching position and a second switching position, a restoring element exerting a restoring force on the switching unit in the second switching position, and a return spring fastened to the switching unit and exerting a counterforce on the switching unit. The restoring force is directed toward the first switching position, while the counterforce acts opposite to the restoring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Componentes Electromecanicos Lda., TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Schertler, Andreas Hendler, Uwe Kramer, Titus Ziegler, Harry Koch, Bernd Rahn, Luis Sandoval, Pedro Silva
  • Patent number: 10115550
    Abstract: An arrangement for an electrical switching device is disclosed. The arrangement for an electrical switching device comprises a contact spring and a component attached to the contact spring. The component has an edge running in an inclined manner with respect to a longitudinal direction of the contact spring. The component also has at least two switching state positions and a transition phase between the switching state positions, and abuts the contact spring along the edge in the transition phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Schertler, Andreas Hendler, Uwe Kramer, Matthias Kroeker, Harry Koch, Bernd Rahn, Gerd Marquardt
  • Publication number: 20160225566
    Abstract: An arrangement for an electric switching device is disclosed. The arrangement for an electric switching device comprises a switching unit having a first switching position and a second switching position, a restoring element exerting a restoring force on the switching unit in the second switching position, and a return spring fastened to the switching unit and exerting a counterforce on the switching unit. The restoring force is directed toward the first switching position, while the counterforce acts opposite to the restoring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Tyco Electronics Componentes Electromecanicos Lda.
    Inventors: Katrin Schertler, Andreas Hendler, Uwe Kramer, Titus Ziegler, Harry Koch, Bernd Rahn, Luis Sandoval, Pedro Silva
  • Publication number: 20160225567
    Abstract: An arrangement for an electrical switching device is disclosed. The arrangement for an electrical switching device comprises a contact spring and a component attached to the contact spring. The component has an edge running in an inclined manner with respect to a longitudinal direction of the contact spring. The component also has at least two switching state positions and a transition phase between the switching state positions, and abuts the contact spring along the edge in the transition phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Schertler, Andreas Hendler, Uwe Kramer, Matthias Kroeker, Harry Koch, Bernd Rahn, Gerd Marquardt