Electromechanical connector

US6264473A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Achim Bullinger · DE
• Klaus-Dieter Fritsch · DE

Inventors

• Achim Bullinger · Herbrechtingen, DE
• Klaus-Dieter Fritsch · Oettingen, DE
• Hermann Neidlein · Steinheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

The electromechanical connector proposed has a switch and an actuator. The switch can be connected by means of contacts to a power supply and has switching magnets with encoded magnetic elements mounted on a carriage. It is fitted in a housing as an enclosed unit. The actuator has actuation magnets with encoded magnetic elements and can be connected to a consumer. The switch can be connected to the actuator, connecting these two devices causing the switching magnets to move, against a restraining force, from an inoperative position to an operating position. The electrical connection between the switch and the actuator is thus established by means of contacts. The ends of the switch and actuator facing each other are fitted with alignment devices designed so that electrical contact between the switch and the actuator can only be made when the contacts are in a particular position with respect to each other.