Patents by Inventor Robert Luscher

Robert Luscher 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: 8124874
    Abstract: An electrical insulator disk has central recesses and peripheral recesses to enable the disk to be mounted floatingly relative to flanges between which the disk is held and to a linear conductor that extends through the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Areva T&D AG
    Inventors: Johannes Blatter, Hugo Hiltbrunner, Gerardo Palmieri, Robert Luscher
  • Patent number: 7642478
    Abstract: A device for controlling a circuit-breaker intended for opening and closing this electric power cut-off device comprising a mobile contact, this control device comprising a motor with a rotary output shaft and being connected to power supply means and actuating means transforming the output displacement of the motor into a displacement of the contact, this device also comprising a mechanical spring arrangement involved in opening and closing the contact. The actuation means include a set of jointed elements providing the connection of the rotary shaft and of the ring, and, in the closed position of the contact, the set of jointed elements is near a dead centre position, a so-called open dead centre, the opening spring being only able to drive it towards the open position upon moving past this dead centre during opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Areva T&D SA
    Inventors: Eric Courbon, Jean-Pierre Dupraz, Serge Poullain, Sylvain Plante, Jean-Luc Thomas, Ernst Suter, Robert Luscher
  • Publication number: 20090188715
    Abstract: An electrical insulator disk has central recesses and peripheral recesses to enable the disk to be mounted floatingly relative to flanges between which the disk is held and to a linear conductor that extends through the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: AREVA T&D AG
    Inventors: Johannes Blatter, Hugo Hiltbrunner, Gerardo Palmieri, Robert Luscher
  • Publication number: 20070163869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling a circuit-breaker intended for opening and closing this electric power cut-off device comprising a mobile contact, this control device comprising a motor (3) with a rotary output shaft (12) and being connected to power supply means (4-9) and actuating means transforming the output displacement of the motor into a displacement of the contact, this device also comprising a mechanical spring arrangement involved in opening and closing the contact. According to the invention, the actuation means include a set of jointed elements providing the connection of the rotary shaft and of the ring, and, in the closed position of the contact, the set of jointed elements is near a dead centre position, a so-called open dead centre, the opening spring (15) being only able to drive it towards the open position upon moving past this dead centre during opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: AREVA T&D SA
    Inventors: Eric Courbon, Jean-Pierre Dupraz, Serge Poullain, Sylvain Plante, Jean-Luc Thomas, Ernst Suter, Robert Luscher
  • Patent number: 7031135
    Abstract: The capacitor of high thermal stability includes a high-voltage electrode (HT) extending in a longitudinal direction (AX), a cylindrical printed circuit (CI) coaxially surrounding said high-voltage electrode and including an electrically conductive track forming a low-voltage electrode (BT), and a frame (CH) having a cylindrical inside surface (SI) coaxially surrounding said cylindrical printed circuit (CI). The printed circuit is slit along a generatrix (G1) of the cylinder that it forms and it is rigidly fixed to the inside surface by a fixing point (F1, F2). The frame includes guide means (A1, A2) for holding said printed circuit (CI) near the inside surface (SI) whilst allowing it to expand along said inside surface of the frame. This provides a capacitor of high thermal stability and very simple construction which is suitable for carrying out measurements on a gas-insulated high-voltage electrical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Alstom
    Inventors: Vladimir Gutalj, Robert Luscher, Bernard Regnier, Jean-Pierre Dupraz
  • Publication number: 20030030962
    Abstract: The capacitor of high thermal stability includes a high-voltage electrode (HT) extending in a longitudinal direction (AX), a cylindrical printed circuit (CI) coaxially surrounding said high-voltage electrode and including an electrically conductive track forming a low-voltage electrode (BT), and a frame (CH) having a cylindrical inside surface (SI) coaxially surrounding said cylindrical printed circuit (CI). The printed circuit is slit along a generatrix (G1) of the cylinder that it forms and it is rigidly fixed to the inside surface by a fixing point (F1, F2). The frame includes guide means (A1, A2) for holding said printed circuit (CI) near the inside surface (SI) whilst allowing it to expand along said inside surface of the frame. This provides a capacitor of high thermal stability and very simple construction which is suitable for carrying out measurements on a gas-insulated high-voltage electrical line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: ALSTOM
    Inventors: Vladimir Gutalj, Robert Luscher, Bernard Regnier, Jean-Pierre Dupraz