Patents by Inventor De Zhou Chen

De Zhou Chen 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: 8513550
    Abstract: A movable contact assembly for an electrical switch includes a movable contact and a pair of supports, each support including a bottom face and a support body perpendicular thereto. Each support body includes: a cavity for holding the movable contact disposed symmetrically at each end of a diameter of the bottom face, an inner and outer hook pair extending along the axis of the support body and being disposed symmetrically to the two sides of the diameter; and a projecting tongue and recess pair extending along the axis of the support body and being disposed symmetrically to the two sides of the diameter. The movable contact-holding cavity can hold the movable contact, the two supports can engage with each other in the direction of the axis, and the pair of the supports and the movable contact are assembled together to form the movable contact assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: De Zhou Chen
  • Patent number: 8448539
    Abstract: A spring operation device and a method for assembling the same are disclosed. A switching device including the spring operation device is also disclosed. In the spring operation device disclosed in at least one embodiment of the present invention, by way of a smooth corrugated protuberance, the protuberance can push the operation mechanism of the spring operation device to rotate accurately and efficiently under the effect of a spring at the moment when the spring's energy storing process is completed, so as to accomplish the release of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: De Zhou Chen
  • Patent number: 8319131
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for switching an electrical switch on and off, with a drive shaft and an output shaft. The drive shaft and the output shaft run transversely with respect to one another and interact in such that a rotation of the drive shaft entails a rotation of the output shaft, the drive shaft being rotatable between an ON position and an OFF position, and the output shaft being rotatable between a switch-on position and a switch-off position. The output shaft is connected to the switch which can be switched to the switch-on and the switch-off position as a result of the rotation of the output shaft. The drive shaft and the output shaft are connected to one another via a displaceable sliding element which, during the rotation of the drive shaft, is displaced, and the output shaft is rotated by the sliding element in the course of displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: De Zhou Chen, Xin Gao Duan, Da Yi Li, Di Nan Li
  • Publication number: 20110048148
    Abstract: A spring operation device and a method for assembling the same are disclosed. A switching device including the spring operation device is also disclosed. In the spring operation device disclosed in at least one embodiment of the present invention, by way of a smooth corrugated protuberance, the protuberance can push the operation mechanism of the spring operation device to rotate accurately and efficiently under the effect of a spring at the moment when the spring's energy storing process is completed, so as to accomplish the release of energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SIEMENS ELECTRICAL APPARATUS LTD.
    Inventor: De Zhou Chen
  • Publication number: 20110024272
    Abstract: A movable contact assembly for an electrical switch is provided. In at least one embodiment, the movable contact assembly includes a movable contact and a pair of supports, with each support including a bottom face and a support body perpendicular thereto. In at least one embodiment, each support body includes: a cavity for holding the movable contact disposed symmetrically at each end of a diameter of the bottom face, an inner and outer hook pair extending along the axis of the support body and being disposed symmetrically to the two sides of the diameter; and a projecting tongue and recess pair extending along the axis of the support body and being disposed symmetrically to the two sides of the diameter. The movable contact-holding cavity can hold the movable contact, the two supports can engage with each other in the direction of the axis, and the pair of the supports and the movable contact are assembled together to form the movable contact assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: De Zhou Chen
  • Publication number: 20100326805
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for switching an electrical switch on and off, with a drive shaft and with an output shaft. In at least one embodiment, the drive shaft and the output shaft running transversely with respect to one another and interacting in such a way that a rotation of the drive shaft entails a rotation of the output shaft, the drive shaft being rotatable between an ON position and an OFF position, and the output shaft being rotatable correspondingly thereto between a switch-on position and a switch-off position. In at least one embodiment, the output shaft is connected to the switch which can be switched on into the switch-on position as a result of the rotation of the output shaft and can be switched off into the switch-off position by rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: De Zhou Chen, Xin Gao Duan, Da Yi Li, Di Nan Li