Patents by Inventor Norbert Sorgel

Norbert Sorgel 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).

  • Publication number: 20050013074
    Abstract: According to the invention, the busbar system comprises at least one first (2) and one second busbar block (3) with busbars (6), whereby the busbars (6) of the first busbar block (2) are electrically connected to a number of supply terminals (5) mounted in a fixed manner thereon and to the busbars (6) of the second busbar block (3) by means of a multiphase connecting plug (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Markus Bauer, Georg Bollinger, Wolfgang Brandl, Georg Edenharter, Peter Hartinger, Stefan Merz, Klaus Reisky, Norbert Sorgel
  • Patent number: 6005202
    Abstract: A device in which a triggered switching device (1), for example a contactor, may be maintained in its ON position even if the power supply is interrupted. The invention includes a mechanical locking system having a pawl (11), which is held in a bearing (12). When the switching device (1) is triggered, the pawl (11) engages under the loading of spring force in a recess (5) in a contact carrier (4). It is possible via an unlocking device (7) to actuate an angle lever (16) which pivots the pawl (11) and releases the contact carrier (4). Unlocking can also be performed by hand via an ON-OFF indicator (23) of a second contact carrier (8). The bearing (12) may be shape-coded to ensure that it is installed properly oriented in the openings (13, 14) of the side walls (3, 6) of the switching device (1) and the locking device (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Drexler, Norbert Sorgel, Ralph-Ronald Gobel
  • Patent number: 5959519
    Abstract: A switch device including an inner yoke and an outer yoke are arranged around the winding of an electromagnetic block, and a plate-shaped permanent magnet is inserted between the two yokes. A highly efficient actuation of the switching device is achieved by the assistance of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Ralph-Ronald Gobel, Norbert Sorgel, Hans Pfab