Patents by Inventor Volker SEEFELD

Volker SEEFELD 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11133144
    Abstract: A fuse includes a protective housing and a measurement device. Two electrical connection elements of the fuse are routed out of the protective housing and at least one fuse element is arranged in the protective housing, the at least one fuse element electrically conductively connecting the two electrical connection elements in the protective housing to one another. The measurement device includes a sensor element to record a physical state measured value of the fuse and a transmission apparatus to transmit the measured value to a reception device arranged outside the fuse. The measurement device further includes a dedicated housing in which the sensor element is received and held, the dedicated housing being mechanically connected to the protective housing. An overall installation space required for the protective housing and the dedicated housing corresponds to an installation space of a standardized NH fuse. The fuse is usable for retrofit applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Florian Moebis, Adolf Schmid, Roland Schmidt, Volker Seefeld
  • Publication number: 20200051768
    Abstract: A fuse includes a protective housing and a measurement device. Two electrical connection elements of the fuse are routed out of the protective housing and at least one fuse element is arranged in the protective housing, the at least one fuse element electrically conductively connecting the two electrical connection elements in the protective housing to one another. The measurement device includes a sensor element to record a physical state measured value of the fuse and a transmission apparatus to transmit the measured value to a reception device arranged outside the fuse. The measurement device further includes a dedicated housing in which the sensor element is received and held, the dedicated housing being mechanically connected to the protective housing. An overall installation space required for the protective housing and the dedicated housing corresponds to an installation space of a standardized NH fuse. The fuse is usable for retrofit applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian MOEBIS, Adolf SCHMID, Roland SCHMIDT, Volker SEEFELD