IP Library Patent Application 14686112
Patent Application
App. No. 14/686,112

SWITCH

Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US None
App. No.
14/686,112
Abstract

Switch ( 1 ), in particular a subsea switch, having a plurality of contact elements which are fixedly connected to one another, a plurality of connectors which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein each one of the connectors is adapted for receiving one of the contact elements, an actuator ( 10 ) which is adapted for moving the contact elements in a forcibly guided manner in relation to the connectors.

Claims (13)

1 . A switch, comprising

a plurality of contact elements which are fixedly connected to one another;

a plurality of connectors which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein each one of the connectors is adapted for receiving in one of the contact elements; and

an actuator which is adapted for moving the contact elements in a forcibly guided manner in relation to the connectors.

2 . The switch according to claim 1 , wherein either the contact elements or the connectors are exclusively movable by the actuator, respectively.

3 . The switch according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator is an electromotive actuator.

4 . The switch according to claim 1 , wherein the switch is without a return spring.

5 . The switch according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of counter-connectors which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein each of the counter connectors is adapted for receiving one of the contact elements, and in each case one counter-connector in a moving direction of the contact element lies opposite one connector.

6 . The switch according to claim 5 , wherein the counter-connectors are fixedly connected to the connectors.

7 . The switch according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the connectors and/or of the counter-connectors in each case comprise an electrically conducting spring element, wherein, in the case of a contact element being received in the respective connector, the spring element is adapted for contacting and tensioning the respective contact element.

8 . The switch according to claim 1 , wherein each of the contact elements comprise one pin, wherein the connectors and/or the counter-connectors are adapted so that in the case of the pin of the contact element being received in a connector or in a counter connector, at least a section of the pin is completely enclosed.

9 . The switch according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator is implemented so as to be redundant.

10 . (canceled)

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: WITTENSTEIN AG
To: WITTENSTEIN SE
Reel/Frame 040651/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2015
From: MARK, JOHANNES; GLASER, MARKUS; HANSLI, CHRISTOPH
To: WITTENSTEIN AG
Reel/Frame 036739/0747 →