Simulation switch

US7038562B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH

Inventors

• Peter Meckler · Hersbruck, DE
• Ewald Schneider · Hersbruck, DE
• Gerd Abraham · Burgthann, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2000
• Grant date: May 2, 2006
• Expiry date: May 23, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B9/28
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a simulation switch for incorporation into a flight simulator and to the simulation of an excess-current circuit breaker which can be manually actuated using an actuating element (10). The inventive simulation switch comprises a switching mechanism that is identical to the switching mechanism of the excess-current circuit breaker (9) for opening and closing a switching contact (2, 4), in addition to an electromagnetic release device (20) for releasing the closed switching contact (2, 4) by means of a control current (i).