Global Patent Index - EP 1878036 B1

EP 1878036 B1 20081008 - CIRCUIT BREAKER-CONTACTOR WITH A PIEZO-ELECTRIC CONTROLLED LOCKING

Title (en)

CIRCUIT BREAKER-CONTACTOR WITH A PIEZO-ELECTRIC CONTROLLED LOCKING

Title (de)

UNTERBRECHERSCHALTER-KONTAKTOR MIT PIEZOELEKTRISCH GESTEUERTER VERRIEGELUNG

Title (fr)

DISJONCTEUR-CONTACTEUR A MOYEN DE BLOCAGE COMMANDE PAR UN ACTUATEUR PIEZOELECTRIQUE

Publication

EP 1878036 B1 20081008 (FR)

Application

EP 06742642 A 20060421

Priority

  • EP 2006003704 W 20060421
  • FR 0504141 A 20050422

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2006111407A1] The inventive circuit breaker-contactor (1) comprises a fixed contact, a contact (5) movable (19, 21) with respect to the fixed contact between open and closed positions, means (7) for displacing the movable contact (5) in the closed position thereof, means (9) for displacing the movable contact in the open position. According to said invention, said circuit breaker-contactor comprises means (11) for locking the movable contact (5) in the closed position thereof, a piezo-electric actuator (13) deformable from a rest position to an operating position for displacing the locking means (11) in such a way that the movable contact (5) is enabled to be displaced to the open position by the means (9) for displacing to the open position and an electronic power supply and controll unit (15) for feeding and controlling the piezo-electric actuator (13) deformation in the operating position for displacing the locking means (11) in such a way that the movable contact (5) is unlocked in response to an electric current detected by the fixed contact (1).

IPC 8 full level

H01H 71/12 (2006.01); H01H 57/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01H 57/00 (2013.01 - EP US); H01H 71/127 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2006111407 A1 20061026; AT E410781 T1 20081015; DE 602006003088 D1 20081120; EP 1878036 A1 20080116; EP 1878036 B1 20081008; FR 2884962 A1 20061027; JP 2008537301 A 20080911; US 2008179170 A1 20080731; US 7528334 B2 20090505

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2006003704 W 20060421; AT 06742642 T 20060421; DE 602006003088 T 20060421; EP 06742642 A 20060421; FR 0504141 A 20050422; JP 2008507014 A 20060421; US 87389707 A 20071017