Patent · US Expired

System for manually controlling an electric switching member

US6103983A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
4References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1998
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H13/56
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mechanism for manually controlling an electric switching member includes a control button, a guide for guiding the movement of a moving element of the switching member, and a link which moves longitudinally in the direction of travel of the control button and laterally into an abutting position which prevents longitudinal movement of the link. The mechanism further includes an element secured to the control button and configured to contact the link to cause the longitudinal movement of the link, a first spring configured to push the control button into a pulled-out position, a second return spring configured to push the link out of the abutting position, and a cylindrical bushing in which the control button slides.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.