Patents by Inventor Jurgen Zachrai

Jurgen Zachrai 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: 6637842
    Abstract: A switchgear cabinet with at least one cabinet door, which can be locked by a lock element of the switchgear cabinet body wherein, in a locked position of the cabinet door, a locking engagement between the lock element and a counter-lock element can be released by a triggering device, which is in an operative connection with the lock element or the counter-lock element via an actuating unit. So that the cabinet door can be opened in a simple way from the inside of the switchgear cabinet, the actuating unit of this invention is designed as a Bowden cable, with one end connected to the triggering device via a connecting element and an other end connected with the lock element or the counter-lock element. The triggering device has a rotary body which is pivotably seated about an axis of rotation. The end of the Bowden cable is fastened eccentrically offset with respect to the axis of rotation on the rotary body, and a lever with a handle is connected to the rotary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oskar Elm, Jürgen Zachrai, Uwe Schauwecker
  • Patent number: 6590164
    Abstract: A device for fastening a support rail on frame legs of a rack of a switchgear cabinet, wherein the frame legs have two fastening sides oriented perpendicularly with respect to each other and each has a row of square fastening perforations. Both ends of the support rail have fastening brackets which have at least one suspension hook and are matched to a cross section of the fastening perforations in the first fastening side of the frame legs spaced apart between the fastening brackets and to the spacing of the fastening perforations of the frame legs. A clamping plate is assigned to each fastening bracket of the support rail and has retaining claws and extends with the retaining claws behind the fastening perforations in the second fastening sides of the frame legs. The clamping plates have a threaded receiver for a clamping screw for maintaining them on the support rail in an elongated hole extending in the linear direction of the support rail and can be clamped together with them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Rittal Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Zachrai, Hans Wagener
  • Patent number: 6489567
    Abstract: A device for connecting bus bars of a bus bar system with connectors of a piece of electric installation equipment using connecting pieces, which are cut, angled and/or bent from a rectangular flat material. The cost for different bar elements for the connection can be reduced without a need to surrender adaptation to the transmission of current strenghts of different sizes because the connecting pieces are respectively formed by several identical bar elements which are held, vertically with respect to their width, at a distance from each other which corresponds to a thickness of the flat material. The bar elements are maintained apart by a packaging holder which has alternating spacers and holding plates perpendicular with respect to a broad side of the bar elements. The holding plates delimit receivers for the bar elements on both sides of the packaging holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Rittal Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Zachrai
  • Publication number: 20020084728
    Abstract: A switchgear cabinet with at least one cabinet door, which can be locked by a lock element of the switchgear cabinet body wherein, in a locked position of the cabinet door, a locking engagement between the lock element and a counter-lock element can be released by a triggering device, which is in an operative connection with the lock element or the counter-lock element via an actuating unit. So that the cabinet door can be opened in a simple way from the inside of the switchgear cabinet, the actuating unit of this invention is designed as a Bowden cable, with one end connected to the triggering device via a connecting element and an other end connected with the lock element or the counter-lock element. The triggering device has a rotatory body which is pivotably seated about an axis of rotation. The end of the Bowden cable is fastened eccentrically offset with respect to the axis of rotation on the rotatory body, and a lever with a handle is connected to the rotatory body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Oskar Elm, Jurgen Zachrai, Uwe Schauwecker
  • Publication number: 20010050178
    Abstract: A device for connecting bus bars of a bus bar system with connectors of a piece of electric installation equipment using connecting pieces, which are cut, angled and/or bent from a rectangular flat material. The cost for different bar elements for the connection can be reduced without a need to surrender adaptation to the transmission of current strenghts of different sizes because the connecting pieces are respectively formed by several identical bar elements which are held, vertically with respect to their width, at a distance from each other which corresponds to a thickness of the flat material. The bar elements are maintained apart by a packaging holder which has alternating spacers and holding plates perpendicular with respect to a broad side of the bar elements. The holding plates delimit receivers for the bar elements on both sides of the packaging holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventor: Jurgen Zachrai
  • Publication number: 20010037894
    Abstract: A device for fastening a support rail on frame legs of a rack of a switchgear cabinet, wherein the frame legs have two fastening sides oriented perpendicularly with respect to each other and each has a row of square fastening perforations. Both ends of the support rail have fastening brackets which have at least one suspension hook and are matched to a cross section of the fastening perforations in the first fastening side of the frame legs spaced apart between the fastening brackets and to the spacing of the fastening perforations of the frame legs. A clamping plate is assigned to each fastening bracket of the support rail and has retaining claws and extends with the retaining claws behind the fastening perforations in the second fastening sides of the frame legs. The clamping plates have a threaded receiver for a clamping screw for maintaining them on the support rail in an elongated hole extending in the linear direction of the support rail and can be clamped together with them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Jurgen Zachrai, Hans Wagener
  • Patent number: 6070957
    Abstract: A device for fastening a support rail on frame legs and mounting panels of a switchgear cabinet. The frame legs have two fastening sides which extend vertically with respect to each other and respectively have a row of fastening holes. Each mounting panel has a row of fastening holes and a folded support strip in an area of a lateral edge. The support rail has on both ends fastening elements which are used for connecting a frame leg or a mounting panel. Assembly of the support rail is considerably simplified and improved by the design of the ends of the support rail and by the use of clamping plates with clamping screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 6069321
    Abstract: A device for attaching busbars of square or rectangular cross section on a support rail using electrically non-conducting support elements, which can be connected with the support rail and form a busbar receptacle adapted to the cross section of the busbar. With a simple fastener, assembly is considerably simplified because two post-shaped supports per busbar can be attached as support elements on the support rail, wherein spacing between the supports is matched to the width of the busbar and a height is matched to the thickness of the busbar. A base plate is arranged between the two supports, which insulates the busbar receptacle against the support rail and which is captively held between the holders. The ends of the supports facing away from the support rail can be closed by a strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans Wagener, Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 6039420
    Abstract: A frame composed of horizontal and vertical frame members that form front and back frames, the frames being joined at their corners using depth struts. The invention achieves a simple construction by designing the horizontal and vertical frame members as extruded sections with continuous integral or molded-in fastening grooves and screw sockets, by designing the depth struts as angle sections whose sides together form a right angle and by using fastening screws to screw the frame members meeting at the corners to the sides of the depth struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Besserer, Marc Hartel, Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 6026752
    Abstract: An operative plate fitted to a wall or a door of a switch cubicle which can be moved from a parallel storage position to a folded-down working position. The operative plate is accessible from three sides in the operative position owing to its special linkage to the wall or door and control by specially articulated arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 5899545
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a frame for a switchgear cabinet. The frame has horizontal and vertical frame members and depth struts; open sides of the frame can be closed by wall elements and at least one door. Mounting a door is simplified in that the depth members have extensions which project beyond the horizontal and vertical frame members at the front and/or back end of the frame and which have with vertically directed holes for hinge pins or closing bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Besserer, Marc Hartel, Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 5801331
    Abstract: A switchgear cabinet with a door and with a cover secured to its top side. In order to make it easier to mount the cover on the switchgear cabinet, the cover has a bottom part connected to the top side of the switchgear cabinet and a top part that covers the bottom part. The top part is joined at a rear side to the bottom part by plug or hinge joints and has at its front side holding flaps that are hooked and held by a bent border of the switchgear cabinet door when the cover and door are in their closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 5772296
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switchgear cabinet with a frame which is composed of frame members and which can be closed by a cover plate, side panels, a rear wall, and a door. To fit both optical and functional elements easily to the corners of the frame, the horizontal depth struts are designed as sections open on the outside, and the cover plate and/or side panels have chamfers which at least partly overlap the outside of the sections so that the chamfer and the outer side form a holder into which a plug-in rod of a corner piece can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Hartel, Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 5422436
    Abstract: A control cabinet with an open bottom, which is enclosed by legs of a frame and can be closed off by individual bottom plates which can be placed side-by-side. The individual bottom plates rest with their short sides on a support shoulder of the facing frame legs and are connected with these frame legs. The bottom plates have an edge that is twice bent along at least one long side, wherein sealing strips seal the abutting long sides of adjacent bottom plates and where cables are introduced through cutouts in the bottom. Individual insertion and assured sealing of the individual cables, together with extensive adaptation and expansion possibilities is achieved with at least a portion of the bottom plates having cutouts spaced along the long side with the edge. Cable bushings which have stepped, offset bushing pieces with different interior diameters are insertable into the cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 5333950
    Abstract: A control cabinet with a rack composed of a plurality of horizontal and vertical frame pieces, enclosed by a plurality of wall elements and a cabinet door, where a mounting plate, which has sliders with guide receptacles on their undersides, can be fastened parallel to a rear wall element. Each frame piece has two adjacent sides which are disposed perpendicularly to each other and have identical rows of fastening receivers. The two adjacent sides of each frame piece form an inner edge oriented towards an interior of the control cabinet. At least one of the horizontal frame pieces comprises a depth brace and a guide rail with a guide bar disposed parallel to the depth brace. In the course of inserting the mounting plate into the rack the guide receptacles of the sliders receive the guide bars of the guide rails and the sliders are displaceable on the guide bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: 5275296
    Abstract: A rack for a control cabinet comprising a plurality of frame pieces which are connected to each other in the area of the rack corners. A quickly and easily assembled rack with high torsional stiffness is created where the front horizontal and vertical frame pieces as well as the rear horizontal and vertical frame pieces are miter-cut on both ends and fixedly welded together to form a front and rear frame. The frame pieces used as depth braces are closed off on both ends by fastening plates provided with at least two fastening screw receptacles. Correspondingly distributed through-bores are cut in the corner areas of the frame. In each corner area of the frame, a cover plate is fastened on the frame by fastening screws. The fastening screws are inserted into fastening bores of the cover plates and screwed through the through-bores of the frame into the fastening screw receptacles of the fastening plates connected to the depth braces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: D348436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ansgar Brossardt, Norbert Muller, Udo Munch, Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: D375938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Muller, Jurgen Zachrai
  • Patent number: D387035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Hartel, Jurgen Zachrai, Horst Besserer
  • Patent number: D391232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Hartel, Jurgen Zachrai, Horst Besserer