EP 1295307 A1 20030326 - BISTABLE ELECTRICAL SWITCH AND RELAY WITH A BISTABLE ELECTRICAL SWITCH
Title (en)
BISTABLE ELECTRICAL SWITCH AND RELAY WITH A BISTABLE ELECTRICAL SWITCH
Title (de)
BISTABILER ELEKTRISCHER SCHALTER UND RELAIS MIT EINEM SOLCHEN
Title (fr)
COMMUTATEUR ELECTRIQUE BISTABLE ET RELAIS COMPORTANT UN TEL COMMUTATEUR
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 01940881 A 20010619
- EP 00112917 A 20000619
- IB 0101066 W 20010619
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0199135A1] The invention relates to a bistable electrical switch, comprising a spring (101) which is configured in the form of a bistable elastic spring and which supports contact elements (114, 116) on the support strip (104) of the spring; and at least one driving element consisting of shape memory material per control state, for driving the spring. The spring has a leaf (110) which is permanently clamped at one end (102) and which is subjected to a compressive strain in the direction of its longitudinal extension. Buckling causes the leaf to yield to one side, into one of two stable terminal states. The areas of the spring adopt different lateral positions in the stable terminal positions. The driving elements (118, 119) act on the free end of the leaf and cause the leaf to switch to the second stable terminal state as a result of the inclination of the free end (104).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01H 61/04 (2006.01); H01H 37/32 (2006.01); H01H 61/01 (2006.01); H01H 5/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
H01H 1/26 (2013.01 - KR); H01H 61/0107 (2013.01 - EP US); H01H 5/18 (2013.01 - EP US); H01H 2061/0122 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE ES FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0199135 A1 20011227; AU 7437101 A 20020102; DE 50115235 D1 20100107; EP 1295307 A1 20030326; EP 1295307 B1 20091125; ES 2334638 T3 20100315; JP 2004510288 A 20040402; KR 20030019442 A 20030306; US 2003156006 A1 20030821; US 6943653 B2 20050913
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 0101066 W 20010619; AU 7437101 A 20010619; DE 50115235 T 20010619; EP 01940881 A 20010619; ES 01940881 T 20010619; JP 2002503894 A 20010619; KR 20027017311 A 20021218; US 31140203 A 20030317