Patents by Inventor Daniel Brugger

Daniel Brugger 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: 20230402204
    Abstract: A component that includes a circuit breaker housing with a reinforcement material impregnated in an outer surface is disclosed. The component includes a circuit breaker housing with outer walls on at least four sides where the circuit breaker housing is formed by injection of a heated wall material into a housing mold. The component includes a reinforcement material impregnated in an outer surface of one or more of the at least four sides. The reinforcement material is bonded to the circuit breaker housing during injection of the heated wall material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel Brugger
  • Publication number: 20230377822
    Abstract: A component that includes a housing for a circuit breaker and a reinforcement element mounted on the housing is disclosed. The housing includes outer walls on at least four sides. The reinforcement element is mounted on the housing along a reinforced side of the housing. The reinforced side is a side of the four sides. The reinforcement element is formed separately than the housing. The reinforcement element is placed external to the reinforced side of the housing, subject to deformation outward from an interior of the housing during a short circuit event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Brugger, Rahel von Arx, Beat Villiger, Sadashiv Devidasrao Pimple, Reynald Kaltenrieder, Philipp A. Zahner, Gion Andrea Barandun
  • Patent number: 9148163
    Abstract: A versatile detection circuit is optimized for low sensor voltages and contains a microprocessor. The microprocessor contains an integrated analog-to-digital converter with an input pin. The integrated analog-to-digital converter is configured to rely on a reference voltage of no more than 2 volts. The detection circuit also has a transformation circuit for transforming a sensor signal, the transformation circuit being connected to the input pin of the integrated analog-to-digital converter. The transformation circuit contains an impedance converter and with the exception of the impedance converter relies only on passive electric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Paul Beckers, Daniel Brugger
  • Publication number: 20150214972
    Abstract: A versatile detection circuit is optimized for low sensor voltages and contains a microprocessor. The microprocessor contains an integrated analog-to-digital converter with an input pin. The integrated analog-to-digital converter is configured to rely on a reference voltage of no more than 2 volts. The detection circuit also has a transformation circuit for transforming a sensor signal, the transformation circuit being connected to the input pin of the integrated analog-to-digital converter. The transformation circuit contains an impedance converter and with the exception of the impedance converter relies only on passive electric elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: PAUL BECKERS, DANIEL BRUGGER
  • Patent number: 7408766
    Abstract: A power supply system for supplying electrical power to at least one load includes a base plate, a support rail and a power supply module fastened to the base plate, at least one bus bar module, and a rail mounting device for mounting the bus bar module on the support rail. The rail mounting device includes conductor members for supplying power from the power supply module to bus bars contained within the bus bar modules, respectively. A first plug has contacts that engage contacts of each of the bus bars of the bus bar module via access slots contained in the cover member thereof, thereby to supply three-phase power to a load such, as a motor, via a heavy-duty power switch and a circuit breaker that are both mounted on the base plate, and associated second and third connecting plugs. Single-phase power is supplied to an auxiliary load, such as an electrical appliance, from two or more bus bars of the bus bar module via a fourth plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Oesterhaus, Jörg Sheer, Walter Hanning, Daniel Brugger, Max Hufschmid, Paul Hug
  • Publication number: 20060044739
    Abstract: A power supply system for supplying electrical power to at least one load includes a base plate, a support rail and a power supply module fastened to the base plate, at least one bus bar module, and a rail mounting device for mounting the bus bar module on the support rail. The rail mounting device includes conductor members for supplying power from the power supply module to bus bars contained within the bus bar modules, respectively. A first plug has contacts that engage contacts of each of the bus bars of the bus bar module via access slots contained in the cover member thereof, thereby to supply three-phase power to a load such, as a motor, via a heavy-duty power switch and a circuit breaker that are both mounted on the base plate, and associated second and third connecting plugs. Single-phase power is supplied to an auxiliary load, such as an electrical appliance, from two or more bus bars of the bus bar module via a fourth plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Jens Oesterhaus, Jorg Scheer, Walter Hanning, Daniel Brugger, Max Hufschmid, Paul Hug
  • Patent number: 6690197
    Abstract: A bus subscriber node (2) having a feed module (10) and means (9) for transmitting and/or receiving information by way of the bus (1) has a switch module (11) which is actuatable by way of a switching logical member (12) and by which the feed module (10) can be connected to the bus (1) or by which the feed module (10) can be separated from the bus (1). The bus subscriber node (2) also has a memory cell (14) and a monitoring member (13) for detecting a current supplied by the feed module (10). The switching logical member (12) is coupled to the memory cell (14) and the monitoring member (13) in such a way that the feed module (10) can be separated from the bus (1) on the basis of an item of information stored in the memory cell (14) or on the basis of a certain current level detected by the monitoring member (13). With the memory cell (14) the bus subscriber node (2) can be configured as a feeding or as a non-feeding bus subscriber node and can be used in communication networks with central and decentral feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Building Technologies AG
    Inventors: Daniel Brugger, Norbert Fichtner, Fritz Jost
  • Publication number: 20020095542
    Abstract: A bus subscriber node (2) having a feed module (10) and means (9) for transmitting and/or receiving information by way of the bus (1) has a switch module (11) which is actuatable by way of a switching logical member (12) and by which the feed module (10) can be connected to the bus (1) or by which the feed module (10) can be separated from the bus (1). The bus subscriber node (2) also has a memory cell (14) and a monitoring member (13) for detecting a current supplied by the feed module (10). The switching logical member (12) is coupled to the memory cell (14) and the monitoring member (13) in such a way that the feed module (10) can be separated from the bus (1) on the basis of an item of information stored in the memory cell (14) or on the basis of a certain current level detected by the monitoring member (13). With the memory cell (14) the bus subscriber node (2) can be configured as a feeding or as a non-feeding bus subscriber node and can be used in communication networks with central and decentral feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Siemens Building Technologies AG
    Inventors: Daniel Brugger, Norbert Fichtner, Fritz Jost
  • Patent number: 6120000
    Abstract: A quick mount base provided to attach electrical components to a mounting rail features a housing composed of plastic. At least one retainer spring wire is inserted in a hollow space of the housing that faces the mounting rail. An end area of the retainer spring wire terminates as a sharp edge that rests in a self locking manner with one tip on an edge strip of the mounting rail, whereby the retainer spring wire is secured from longitudinal movement in the direction facing away from the end area at the edge strip of the mounting rail, but permits outward bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Rockwell Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruno Aeschbach, Daniel Brugger, Hans-Peter Meili, Karin Hannelore Spengler-Schmid, Stephan Spengler