Patents by Inventor Frédéric Court

Frédéric Court 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: 11335519
    Abstract: A switching unit for switching an electrical current, the unit comprising separable fix and mobile electrical contacts and a mechanism capable of switching over the contacts between a closed state and an open state. The mechanism comprises a switching shaft coupled to a mobile electrical contact, a trip hook mounted to be pivoted on a fixed support of the mechanism and comprising a bore in which is housed an abutment and a link system coupling the switching shaft to the trip hook. The link system comprises an articulated linkage, which is rotationally linked with respect to the trip hook and which comprises a main bearing surface, which bears on the abutment when the switching mechanism is in the closed state. The abutment is configured to be elastically deformed when the switching mechanism passes from the open state to the closed state and the linkage exerts an effect on the abutment, so as to damp the impact of the linkage on the abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Frédéric Court
  • Publication number: 20210193404
    Abstract: A switching unit for switching an electrical current, the unit comprising separable fix and mobile electrical contacts and a mechanism capable of switching over the contacts between a closed state and an open state. The mechanism comprises a switching shaft coupled to a mobile electrical contact, a trip hook mounted to be pivoted on a fixed support of the mechanism and comprising a bore in which is housed an abutment and a link system coupling the switching shaft to the trip hook. The link system comprises an articulated linkage, which is rotationally linked with respect to the trip hook and which comprises a main bearing surface, which bears on the abutment when the switching mechanism is in the closed state. The abutment is configured to be elastically deformed when the switching mechanism passes from the open state to the closed state and the linkage exerts an effect on the abutment, so as to damp the impact of the linkage on the abutment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Frédéric Court
  • Patent number: 10395864
    Abstract: A switching device includes a shell delimiting a plurality of spaces each able to accommodate a trip including a tripping device, a switching device, and a control mechanism including a device for grasping that can be moved between a first position and a second position by an operator in order to control movement of the switching device between an open position and a closed position. The switching device is in the closed position when the device for grasping is in the first position and in the open position when the device for grasping is in the second position. The control mechanism includes a single resetting device that resets each trip when the operator moves the device for grasping from the first position into the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventor: Frederic Court
  • Publication number: 20180082810
    Abstract: A switching device includes a shell delimiting a plurality of spaces each able to accommodate a trip including a tripping device, a switching device, and a control mechanism including a device for grasping that can be moved between a first position and a second position by an operator in order to control movement of the switching device between an open position and a closed position. The switching device is in the closed position when the device for grasping is in the first position and in the open position when the device for grasping is in the second position. The control mechanism includes a single resetting device that resets each trip when the operator moves the device for grasping from the first position into the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Frederic COURT
  • Patent number: 6225581
    Abstract: An installation comprises at least one electrical switchgear apparatus a movable mechanism which is interlocked with a device such as an access door by a kinematic transmission cable comprising a flexible sheath and a core designed to slide in the sheath. The ends of the sheath and of the core are respectively fixed to a fixed part of the apparatus and to the movable mechanism by fixing apparatus comprising an end-piece operating in conjunction with the corresponding part of the cable, a housing designed to receive the end-piece, and a locking device with dead point passage designed to oppose insertion of the end-piece in the housing when the force exerted on the locking device in an insertion direction remains lower than an insertion threshold and to enable insertion of the end-piece in the housing when the force exerted on the device means in an insertion direction is greater than the insertion threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: Alain Gerbert-Gaillard, Frédéric Court