Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre MELEY

Jean-Pierre MELEY 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: 11908646
    Abstract: A device for switching a medium-voltage electrical circuit, including: a vacuum interrupter including a mobile electrode, an actuating lever linked to the mobile electrode and mobile between an opening position and a closing position, an insulator linked to the actuating lever, a control fitting secured to the mobile electrode, and an elastic return, for example, a spring, exerting a return force between the control fitting and the insulator, wherein a travel of displacement of the actuating lever is greater than the opening distance such that the control fitting is distanced from the insulator when the actuating lever is in the closing position. The switching device further including an indicator stem secured to the control fitting, which is configured to extend at least partly out of the insulator when the actuating lever is in the closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Meley, Said Attak, Frédéric Toti-Buttin, Philippe Picot
  • Patent number: 11616347
    Abstract: An operating modes selector is for an earthing switch that includes power contacts and a motor for moving the power contacts. The selector includes a plurality of positions corresponding respectively to various operating modes of the earthing switch, and includes cams whose positions are defined by the selector position. The selector contains a first cam which pulls a first locking organ designed to mechanically block the motor of the earthing switch when the selector is in a position corresponding to a locked closed mode wherein the earthing switch is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Meley, Jerome Laye, Emmanuel Frangin
  • Publication number: 20220406541
    Abstract: A device for switching a medium-voltage electrical circuit, including: a vacuum interrupter including a mobile electrode, an actuating lever linked to the mobile electrode and mobile between an opening position and a closing position, an insulator linked to the actuating lever, a control fitting secured to the mobile electrode, and an elastic return means, exerting a return force between the control fitting and the insulator, wherein a travel of displacement of the actuating lever is greater than the opening distance such that the control fitting is distanced from the insulator when the actuating lever is in the closing position. The switching device including an indicator stem secured to the control fitting, which is configured to extend at least partly out of the insulator when the actuating lever is in the closing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Meley, Said Attak, Frédéric Toti-Buttin, Philippe Picot
  • Patent number: 10749320
    Abstract: A cradle intended to be incorporated in a high-voltage electrical switchgear cubicle, including a mobile trolley bearing a switch apparatus provided with mobile contacts, a mechanism for operating the mobile contacts via operating springs and at least one coil for actuating the operating springs, a motorized protection shutter intended to prevent access to conductive busbars of the switchgear cubicle, and motorized device for driving the mobile trolley intended to be able to connect the switch apparatus to the conductive busbars. A first automation controller is embedded on the mobile trolley to control the operating mechanism and the actuating coil, and a second automation controller is embedded in the cradle to control the protection shutter and the device for driving the mobile trolley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jon-Paul Bentley, Jean-Pierre Meley, Philippe Pulfer
  • Patent number: 10679807
    Abstract: A power breaking pole including a vacuum interrupter including two ends called a lower end and an upper end, respectively, which vacuum interrupter is held between two uprights, which are arranged symmetrically with respect to a main plane P of the vacuum interrupter, the vacuum interrupter being held in a centred manner between the two uprights solely by two connectors called a lower connector and an upper connector, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Meley, Florent Berardengo
  • Patent number: 10522982
    Abstract: A gas insulation switch cabinet and a switch device are provided. The gas insulation switch cabinet includes: a cabinet body; and a cable chamber, a breaker chamber and a busbar chamber which are in the cabinet body and configured that a current sequentially flows through the cable chamber, the breaker chamber and the busbar chamber. The gas insulation switch cabinet further includes a cable side disconnecting switch between the cable chamber and the breaker chamber in a flowing direction of the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Haifeng Lu, Yanfang Ma, Jean-Pierre Meley
  • Publication number: 20190081463
    Abstract: A cradle intended to be incorporated in a high-voltage electrical switchgear cubicle, including a mobile trolley bearing a switch apparatus provided with mobile contacts, a mechanism for operating the mobile contacts via operating springs and at least one coil for actuating the operating springs, a motorized protection shutter intended to prevent access to conductive busbars of the switchgear cubicle, and motorized device for driving the mobile trolley intended to be able to connect the switch apparatus to the conductive busbars. A first automation controller is embedded on the mobile trolley to control the operating mechanism and the actuating coil, and a second automation controller is embedded in the cradle to control the protection shutter and the device for driving the mobile trolley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jon-Paul BENTLEY, Jean-Pierre Meley, Philippe Pulfer
  • Publication number: 20190066950
    Abstract: A power breaking pole including a vacuum interrupter including two ends called a lower end and an upper end, respectively, which vacuum interrupter is held between two uprights, which are arranged symmetrically with respect to a main plane P of the vacuum interrupter, the vacuum interrupter being held in a centred manner between the two uprights solely by two connectors called a lower connector and an upper connector, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre MELEY, Florent Berardengo
  • Publication number: 20180166866
    Abstract: A gas insulation switch cabinet and a switch device are provided. The gas insulation switch cabinet includes: a cabinet body; and a cable chamber, a breaker chamber and a busbar chamber which are in the cabinet body and configured that a current sequentially flows through the cable chamber, the breaker chamber and the busbar chamber. The gas insulation switch cabinet further includes a cable side disconnecting switch between the cable chamber and the breaker chamber in a flowing direction of the current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Haifeng LU, Yanfang MA, Jean-Pierre MELEY
  • Publication number: 20180138671
    Abstract: An operating modes selector is for an earthing switch that includes power contacts and a motor for moving the power contacts. The selector includes a plurality of positions corresponding respectively to various operating modes of the earthing switch, and includes cams whose positions are defined by the selector position. The selector contains a first cam which pulls a first locking organ designed to mechanically block the motor of the earthing switch when the selector is in a position corresponding to a locked closed mode wherein the earthing switch is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre MELEY, Jerome LAYE, Emmanuel FRANGIN