Patents by Inventor Bernd Saffian

Bernd Saffian 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: 6677842
    Abstract: A load-disconnecting switch has a permanent-magnetic holding circuit. A coil (5), upon excitation thereof, generates a magnetic flux that is opposite to the magnetic flux of the permanent magnet (9). The armature (6) is biassed to an open position by an armature spring (10), so that the armature spring (10), when a defined operational excitation is exceeded, detaches the armature (6) from the core (7) of the magnet system, allowing said armature to open and thereby disconnecting a switching contact (15) and a fixed contact (16). The load-disconnecting switch can be switched on again by means of a spring clip (12) acting on said armature (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventors: Martin Hanke, Bernd Saffian, Thomas Hähnel, Rainer Vogel, Karsten Pietsch
  • Patent number: 6674348
    Abstract: A switch relay with a switching status display is described, in which a display element is in operative connection with a switch contact of the switch relay and displays the switch positions in a clearly recognizable manner. The display element enlarges the display stroke so that contact movement is more readily visible. The principle is based on the elongation of a pointer of the flexing line of, for example, a constructed film hinge. As a result of the display element being constructed as a synthetic part low in mass, the contact dynamics are reduced by only a small extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Blecks, Karsten Pietsch, Bernd Saffian
  • Publication number: 20030001703
    Abstract: A switch relay with a switching status display is described, in which a display element is in operative connection with a switch contact of the switch relay and displays the switch positions in a clearly recognizable manner. The display element enlarges the display stroke so that a contact movement is more readily visible. The principle is based on the elongation of a pointer of the flexing line of for example a constructed film hinge. As a result of a display element, constructed as a synthetic part low in mass, the contact dynamics are reduced by only a small extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Blecks, Karsten Pietsch, Bernd Saffian
  • Patent number: 6040751
    Abstract: The battery section switch is switched between a terminal post and a main circuit using a contact arrangement. The contact arrangement can be locked in its closed position via a toggle spring device that acts directly on a free end of a contact spring. The toggle spring device is also coupled to the armature of an electromagnet system which, given excitation, releases the interlock and opens the contact arrangement. Given this battery section switch, the on-board network of a vehicle can be quickly switched current-free, given a collision or given a short-circuit, in order to reduce the risk of fire or in order to prevent a discharge of the battery given some other malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Electromechanical Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Haehnel, Juergen Breitlow-Hertzfeldt, Bernd Saffian, Josef Kern