Patents by Inventor Eric Pinero
Eric Pinero 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).
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Patent number: 11239653Abstract: A device having an armature including a main wall; a rotary part intended to be mechanically coupled to a control shaft of an electrical switching unit; a bar integral with the rotary part and able to rotate between a first position and a second position and extending through a slot in the main wall; a position sensor having a movable contact pushed into a retracted position by the bar when the bar is in the first position; a stabilizing device having a resilient strip extending along the slot in order to exert a retaining force on the bar when it is in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Brice Jacolin, Michael Mary, Eric Pinero, Nicolas Dormigny
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Patent number: 11031191Abstract: A device for switching an electric current with separable electrical contacts includes a switching mechanism including: a switching shaft that is coupled to a mobile electrical contact; a trip hook that is pivotably mounted on a fixed support of the mechanism; a linking system coupling the switching shaft to the trip hook. The linking system includes a first pair of connecting rods that are pivotably mounted on the trip hook and a second pair of connecting rods that are mounted so as to pivot with a crank of the switching shaft. The first connecting rods are connected to the second connecting rods with a single axis of articulation which forms a pivot link between the first connecting rods and the second connecting rods.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Eric Pinero, Brice Jacolin, Anais Toumi, Daniel Reviron
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Publication number: 20200194193Abstract: A device for switching an electric current with separable electrical contacts includes a switching mechanism including: a switching shaft that is coupled to a mobile electrical contact; a trip hook that is pivotably mounted on a fixed support of the mechanism; a linking system coupling the switching shaft to the trip hook. The linking system includes a first pair of connecting rods that are pivotably mounted on the trip hook and a second pair of connecting rods that are mounted so as to pivot with a crank of the switching shaft. The first connecting rods are connected to the second connecting rods with a single axis of articulation which forms a pivot link between the first connecting rods and the second connecting rods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Eric PINERO, Brice JACOLIN, Anais TOUMI, Daniel REVIRON
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Publication number: 20200119545Abstract: A device having an armature including a main wall; a rotary part intended to be mechanically coupled to a control shaft of an electrical switching unit; a bar integral with the rotary part and able to rotate between a first position and a second position and extending through a slot in the main wall; a position sensor having a movable contact pushed into a retracted position by the bar when the bar is in the first position; a stabilizing device having a resilient strip extending along the slot in order to exert a retaining force on the bar when it is in the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Brice JACOLIN, Michael MARY, Eric PINERO, Nicolas DORMIGNY
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Patent number: 10192700Abstract: An air circuit breaker includes two separable electrical contacts connected to electric current input and output terminals; and a chamber for quenching an electric arc, including a stack of splitter plates that are spaced apart from one another, and lateral walls placed on either side of the stack and including a thermosetting-resin impregnated polyamide woven and being devoid of glass fibres. The quenching chamber furthermore includes protective elements made of crosslinked polyamide, the elements being placed in junction zones between the lateral walls and holding plates, the protective elements covering corners of the splitter plates, which corners are adjacent to the lateral walls, so as to separate these corners of the splitter plates from the electrical contacts.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Marc Rival, Michael Mary, Eric Pinero, Brice Jacolin
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Patent number: 10014669Abstract: A pluggable electrical device for switching an electrical current includes a static frame including a rigid backplate fastened to the frame; connection terminals able to be connected to an electrical installation; and a removable portion including a device for switching an electrical current. The backplate is made of a thermosetting polymer and includes reinforcing beams integrated into the backplate and extending in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Michael Mary, Eric Pinero, Brice Jacolin
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Publication number: 20170309425Abstract: An air circuit breaker includes two separable electrical contacts connected to electric current input and output terminals; and a chamber for quenching an electric arc, including a stack of splitter plates that are spaced apart from one another, and lateral walls placed on either side of the stack and including a thermosetting-resin impregnated polyamide woven and being devoid of glass fibres. The quenching chamber furthermore includes protective elements made of crosslinked polyamide, the elements being placed in junction zones between the lateral walls and holding plates, the protective elements covering corners of the splitter plates, which corners are adjacent to the lateral walls, so as to separate these corners of the splitter plates from the electrical contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Marc RIVAL, Michael MARY, Eric PINERO, Brice JACOLIN
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Publication number: 20170302061Abstract: A pluggable electrical device for switching an electrical current includes a static frame including a rigid backplate fastened to the frame; connection terminals able to be connected to an electrical installation; and a removable portion including a device for switching an electrical current. The backplate is made of a thermosetting polymer and includes reinforcing beams integrated into the backplate and extending in a vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventors: Michael MARY, Eric PINERO, Brice JACOLIN
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Patent number: 6177641Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in circuit breaker and has the object of preventing no-load discharges of the closing mechanism when extraction of the circuit breaker is performed. The drive mechanism of the circuit breaker loading and closing mechanism comprises a trip mechanism which is able to move from a closed state wherein actuation of an oscillating lever is designed to move the closing spring to its loaded state, to a tripped state wherein actuation of the oscillating lever is designed to prevent movement of the closing spring to its loaded state. This trip mechanism causes either disengagement of the oscillating lever or neutralization of a free-wheel coupling of the drive mechanism. The circuit breaker is moreover equipped with opening and closing controls causing an opening, closing, opening cycle when extraction is performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Schneider Electric SAInventors: Robert Morel, Claude Grelier, Eric Pinero
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Patent number: 6144002Abstract: A switchgear apparatus having at least one movable contact biased in an open position by an opening spring, a loading mechanism of a closing spring and a kinematic opening and closing system linking the closing spring, the movable contact and the opening spring. The system is controlled by an opening latch and a closing latch. A closing order can be validly transmitted only to the closing latch when the apparatus is in a "ready to close" state, i.e. open, loaded and without a permanent opening order. The switchgear apparatus has an indicator with three positions: a "not loaded" position, a "ready to close" position, and a third "loaded and not ready to close" or "loaded disengaged" position. The indicator is kinematically linked to the loading mechanism, the opening latch, and the movable contact.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1999Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAInventors: Patrick Coudert, Claude Grelier, Eric Pinero
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Patent number: 6111208Abstract: A rotary switch includes a housing (14) with a pair of fixed select terminals (44a, 44b) and a fixed common terminal (44c). A rotor (28) that can pivot about an axis (A1), carries a connector (48) with a contact pad (60) for engaging one of the select contacts at a time and a common contact (58) for engaging the common terminal on the housing. The common terminal on the housing is in the form of a track extending in an arc centered on the rotor axis to enable the common contact to remain in continuous engagement with the common terminal as the rotor turns. The common contact on the rotor forms a pair of tabs (62) that slideably engage opposite sides of the track. The connector on the rotor can shift radially to the axis, and is biased by a spring (64) to urge the contact pad toward a select terminal. A cam arrangement shifts the contact pad radially away from a select terminal as the rotor begins to turn from a center position, to minimize the duration of electric arcs.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1998Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Sylvain Rochon, Gerard Bourriaux, Laurent Bouvier, Eric Pinero, Claude Grelier
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Patent number: 5731560Abstract: A mechanism for a multipole circuit breaker with high currents and high electrodynamic strength, comprising a toggle device associated to a trip hook and a switching bar, an opening ratchet cooperating with the hook to perform loading and tripping of the mechanism respectively in the locked or unlocked position of the ratchet. The opening ratchet comprises a disengageable actuator causing self-unlocking of the catch in the presence of a short-circuit current exceeding a calibration threshold defined by a flexible element, said self-unlocking being commanded from a mechanical reaction generated by the electrodynamic compensation effect and causing an ultra-fast rotation of the catch to unlock the opening ratchet before the tripping component operates.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1997Date of Patent: March 24, 1998Assignee: Schneider Electric SAInventors: Jean-Pierre Nebon, Claude Grelier, Marc Rival, Eric Pinero