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Method of detecting the position of a switching device and encapsulated switching installation having at least one switching device

US6020821A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Bauerschmidt · Schwabach, DE
Ottmar Beierl · Herzogenaurach, DE
Wolf-Eckhart Bulst · Munich, DE
Valentin Magori · Gernsheim, DE
Thomas Ostertag · Ulm, DE
Leonhard Reindl · Kirchzarten, DE
Gerd Scholl · Hersbruck, DE
Oliver Sczesny · Aschheim, DE
Dieter Lorenz · Kiel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 1998
Grant date	Feb 1, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY04S20/20
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting the position of a switching device and an encapsulated switching installation having at least one switching device. A transmitted signal is emitted into the interior of an encapsulation to make it possible to easily detect the position of a switching device in an encapsulated switching installation. A resultant reflection signal is received and stored. After a repetition of this process, the two received reflection signals are compared with one another. In the event of any discrepancy, a message signal is produced for the new switching state.

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