Patents by Inventor Rolf Dirks

Rolf Dirks 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: 4790158
    Abstract: A pressure-resistent locking mechanism for locking a door of a switch cell accommodating a switching device includes two pivotable locking bars positioned in hollows formed by U-shaped door edges and U-shaped portions of the wall of the switch cell at a hinge side of the door and a closing side of the door. The locking bars are pivoted between a locked position and a released position by pivoting levers against the forces of respective springs. The springs always urge the locking bars to the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Felten & Guilleaume Energietechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Dirks
  • Patent number: 4674305
    Abstract: A pressure-resistant locking mechanism for locking a door of a switch cell accommodating a switching device includes two pivotable locking bars positioned in hollows formed by U-shaped door edges and U-shaped portions of the wall of the switch cell at a hinge side of the door and a closing side of the door. The locking bars are pivoted between a locked position and a released position by pivoting levers against the forces of respective springs. The springs always urge the locking bars to the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: Felten & Guilleaume Energietechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Dirks
  • Patent number: 4629840
    Abstract: In an arc quenching device a quenching chamber filled with sulfur hexafluoride is provided with a plurality of superimposed overlapping ascending quenching plates having openings defining arc inlets. A movable contact cooperating with a stationary contact is insertable via the arc inlets into the quenching chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Felten & Guilleaume Inergietechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Dirks, Wolfgang Pehlken
  • Patent number: 4617544
    Abstract: An HRC-fuse as an insulating body surrounding a main fusible conductor and an auxiliary fusible conductor connected to a spring biased impact pin. A conductive cap serving as a terminal for the fusible conductors is arranged on the insulating body and is provided with an outlet opening opposite the impact pin. A tripping hollow pin or sleeve coaxially surrounds at least a part of the impact pin and passes through the outlet opening. A bimetal release pawl is arranged in the one cap parallel to the pin and being electrically connected to the fusible conductors. The pawl engages a rest on the tripping sleeve to counteract a biasing spring. The impact pin and the tripping sleeve are triggered independently one from the other either by a short-circuit current melting the auxiliary conductor, or by an overload which heats up the bimetal release and triggers the sleeve. Both the tripping sleeve and the impact pin act on a load interruptor arranged opposite the outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignee: Felten & Guilleaume Energietechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Mooz, Rolf Dirks