Patents by Inventor Thomas HOCHMUTH

Thomas HOCHMUTH 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: 11923163
    Abstract: A fuse element for a fuse with an integrated measurement function, includes a first receiving area in an embodiment, for receiving a melting conductor of the fuse, delimited in the length direction of the fuse by a closure element and in a direction orthogonal to the length direction by the fuse element. Further, in an embodiment, the fuse element has a second receiving area, physically separated from the first receiving area, for receiving a measuring device of the fuse. The second receiving area is designed to receive the measuring device in a wall section of the fuse element. The second receiving area formed in the fuse element protects the measuring device arranged therein against interfering environmental influences. The measuring device is used to ascertain the electric current flowing through the fuse directly on the fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Hochmuth, Robert Huettinger, Jean-Mary Martel, Christian Rohrwild, Adolf Schmid, Volker Seefeld
  • Patent number: 11715614
    Abstract: A remote-controlled mechanism according to an embodiment is used for coupling to a protective switching device to use a controllable drive device of the remote-controlled mechanism to actuate the coupled protective switching device. To this end, the remote-controlled mechanism includes: an actuating element operatively connectable to an actuating element of the coupled protective switching device and actuatable either by a remotely controllable drive device of the remote-controlled mechanism or manually; one or more sensor devices for capturing position data relating to a position of the actuating element of the remote-controlled mechanism; and a controller for evaluating the captured position data and for controlling the drive device via control commands. The controller is designed to disable the drive device upon an evaluation of the position data and/or of the control commands revealing that the actuating element of the remote-controlled mechanism has been switched off manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Hochmuth
  • Publication number: 20220246380
    Abstract: A remote-controlled mechanism according to an embodiment is used for coupling to a protective switching device to use a controllable drive device of the remote-controlled mechanism to actuate the coupled protective switching device. To this end, the remote-controlled mechanism includes: an actuating element operatively connectable to an actuating element of the coupled protective switching device and actuatable either by a remotely controllable drive device of the remote-controlled mechanism or manually; one or more sensor devices for capturing position data relating to a position of the actuating element of the remote-controlled mechanism; and a controller for evaluating the captured position data and for controlling the drive device via control commands. The controller is designed to disable the drive device upon an evaluation of the position data and/or of the control commands revealing that the actuating element of the remote-controlled mechanism has been switched off manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas HOCHMUTH
  • Publication number: 20220068582
    Abstract: A fuse element for a fuse with an integrated measurement function, includes a first receiving area in an embodiment, for receiving a melting conductor of the fuse, delimited in the length direction of the fuse by a closure element and in a direction orthogonal to the length direction by the fuse element. Further, in an embodiment, the fuse element has a second receiving area, physically separated from the first receiving area, for receiving a measuring device of the fuse. The second receiving area is designed to receive the measuring device in a wall section of the fuse element. The second receiving area formed in the fuse element protects the measuring device arranged therein against interfering environmental influences. The measuring device is used to ascertain the electric current flowing through the fuse directly on the fuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas HOCHMUTH, Robert HUETTINGER, Jean-Mary MARTEL, Christian ROHRWILD, Adolf SCHMID, Volker SEEFELD