Patents by Inventor Herbert Schifko

Herbert Schifko 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: 5981893
    Abstract: This switching device has a contact arrangement which is equipped with erosion-resistant contacts and comprises at least one contact which moves along a central axis (2) and at least one mating contact which is provided for receiving the moving contact. One of the two contacts has a finger cage (25) which is provided with individual, sprung contact fingers (13) which are spaced apart from one another by radial slots (26) extended in the direction of the central axis (2). Means are provided which prevent the side edges (29) of the contact fingers (13) being able to touch in the region of the contact surfaces (27) in the front part of the contact fingers (13) when said contact fingers (13) are drawn together in the direction of the central axis (2) , such that welding of the edges (29) of the contact fingers (13) cannot occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bleiker, Jadran Kostovic, Herbert Schifko
  • Patent number: 5721412
    Abstract: A disconnector for a metal encapsulated, gas insulated high voltage switchgear includes a housing with at least a first and a second axis which intersect at a first angle. The disconnector also includes two contact carriers that are arranged on the first axis and are positioned between to contact carriers at an isolating distance by securing elements. The first axis and the second axis each form an axis of symmetry of the housing. The housing has four openings which are provided with flanges and which have the same diameter and centers located on one of the first and second axes, and are arranged at the same distance from the intersection point of the first and second axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Herbert Schifko, Sven Forss, Jadran Kostovic, Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5625179
    Abstract: An isolator for a metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated high-voltage switching installation includes two contact supports and an enclosure. The enclosure has a longitudinal axis and is filled with insulating gas. The two contact supports are arranged in the enclosure. Each of the contact supports has a surface. A surface of a first one of the contact supports and a surface of the second one of the contact supports oppose each other to form opposing surfaces and define a separation that forms an isolating gap between the opposing surfaces. The isolator further includes a contact arrangement. The contact arrangement is movable along an operating axis between a connected state and a disconnected state. The contact arrangement electrically conductively shorts the separation when the contact arrangement is in the connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bleiker, Sven Forss, Herbert Schifko
  • Patent number: 5589674
    Abstract: A metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated switching installation is provided with at least one busbar system, the busbar system having an axis separation, and a circuit breaker, the circuit breaker being in the form of a pole and having a pole axis, the circuit breaker including at least one quenching chamber installed in a pole enclosure and at least one connection for the associated busbar system. The pole axis is arranged at a right angle to a surface of a foundation. The circuit breaker of the switching installation includes a modular circuit breaker pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: Ernst Berger, Franz Heil, Herbert Schifko, Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5578804
    Abstract: A metal-enclosed, gas-insulated switching installation includes at least two busbar systems and a circuit breaker. Each circuit breaker is in the form of a pole having a pole axis and at least one extinction chamber, installed in a pole housing. The pole axes are arranged perpendicularly to a foundation and are located in a first plane. The switching installation includes an electrically conductive connection, extending along a connecting axis, of the voltage-carrying extinction chamber of the circuit breaker to each of the busbar systems and an isolator arranged in the connection between the busbar and the circuit breaker pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: Ernst Berger, Franz Heil, Herbert Schifko, Piero Tecchio
  • Patent number: 5558524
    Abstract: The cable connection is provided for a metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated, high-voltage switching installation. It has a connection enclosure (23) which surrounds connecting parts which are connected to the active parts of the gas-insulated, high-voltage switching installation, and cable connection encapsulation (18) which is connected to the connection enclosure (23) and surrounds a cable termination (14) with an end bolt (15). In addition, it has an electrically conductive connecting piece which is inserted between the end bolt (15) and the connecting parts. It is intended to create a cable connection for a metal-encapsulated, gas-insulated, high-voltage switching installation, which cable connection makes it possible to fit and remove the high-voltage cable easily and quickly and makes it possible to ground this cable reliably and in a manner which can be installed easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Management AG
    Inventors: John .ANG.. Classon, Herbert Schifko